Shawn Bowers

Shawn Bowers is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Gonzaga University, with prior roles as an Associate Project Scientist at the UC Davis Genome Center and Postdoctoral Researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

His educational background includes:

• BS in Computer Science from the University of Oregon
• MS and PhD from the OGI School of Science & Engineering at OHSU

Dr. Bowers' research centers on conceptual modeling and data provenance in scientific workflows, with significant contributions to ontology-based frameworks for ecological data semantics through NSF-funded projects like Semtools and SONet. His work bridges computer science with environmental science to enhance data discovery and integration.

His publication record reveals a sustained focus on workflow provenance systems, including the development of the Query Language for Provenance (QLP) and visualization tools for workflow dependencies. These contributions demonstrate interdisciplinary applications spanning ecological research, e-science, and data management infrastructure.

Dr. Bowers maintains extensive research collaborations with UC Davis (30 shared outputs), the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (9 outputs), and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (9 outputs), supported by NSF grants including Kepler/CORE and Processing PhyloData. He teaches undergraduate courses in software development and database management systems at Gonzaga University.