Ariel Deardorff

Ariel Deardorff is the Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library. She leads a team focused on empowering researchers through open research practices and reproducible data-driven science.

• Education:
  • University of Washington - BA (2010)
  • University of British Columbia - MLIS (2014)
  • UCSF - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training (2021)

Her research interests span open science, data management, reproducible research workflows, and health information systems. She explores how libraries can enable open research practices and develop data infrastructure.

Ariel's publications (2014-2021) show concentration in library science, biomedical research, and data visualization, with a focus on computational reproducibility, open scholarship, and health data systems. Her work includes methodological approaches like protocol-driven algorithms and low-cost computing for research education.