Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center
Project: Energy Justice Analysis of Climate Data
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Kenya, in a small town near Lake Victoria, one of Africa’s Great Lakes. I moved to the US for grad school
What’s your field of study and how did you get into that field?
I studied biochemistry for my bachelor’s, and then masters in bioinformatics, followed by a PhD in computational biology. I switched from biochemistry to computational biology after realizing the power of computing in analyzing omics datasets.
What fascinates you about HPC?
The ability to scale and speed up data analysis and simulations in order to generate scientific insights and solutions that would otherwise have taken months or years to arrive at.
What’s your current title and what do you do?
I am a client engineer at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). I like to see myself as a research compute facilitator since the major part of my role is to help researchers use OSC clusters. I am also involved in training and education.
What energy topic is most important to you and why?
I’m interested in several topics but perhaps one that I spend the most time thinking about is how certain communities bear the most brunt of the effects of climate change.