Max Czapanskiy

Max Czapanskiy is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Marine Data Science at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara. They teach programming, statistics, and open science courses in the Bren School and the College of Creative Studies' new marine science major.

Education:

• PhD in Marine Biology, Stanford University
• Master's in Geographic Information Science, San Francisco State University
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Columbia University

Research Focus: Marine Data Science, with emphasis on advancing open science practices in marine environments, including projects in the California Current and Antarctica.

Prior Experience: Postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center.