Kristen Thyng
Senior Research Software Engineer at [C]Worthy
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKristen Thyng is a Senior Research Software Engineer with 13 years of experience applying scientific computing to oceanography and MetOcean problems, blending expertise in Python, C, FORTRAN, Matlab, and Linux-based high-performance and parallel computing. She has a strong research foundation (PhD Mechanical Engineering) and an applied track record at institutions and companies including Texas A&M, University of Washington, and Axiom Data Science, where she worked on numerical models, particle tracking, and data analysis. Kristen is an active open-source contributor and MetOcean toolmaker—author of the widely used cmocean colormaps—and serves as Associate Editor in Chief at the Journal of Open Source Software, signaling deep engagement with reproducible science. Based in Seattle, she also brings practical systems skills (cluster administration, wiki oversight, HTML) and a knack for translating complex numerical models into usable tools and teaching, evidenced by her university teaching and training roles.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering at University of WashingtonB.A, Physics, Math Minor, B.A, Physics, Math Minor at Whitman CollegeStudy abroad program, Study abroad program at Semester at Sea
Github Skills (200)
python10
image-processing10
metadata10
gtk10
intake10
netcdf10
conda-forge10
qt10
journal10
pandas10
netscaler10
open-access10
computer-vision10
ocean10
data-visualization10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
kthyng/cmocean-gmt
Jul 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
kthyng/extract_model
May 2021 - Aug 2025
Facilitates read-in and extraction for ocean model output.
Contributions:224 pushes, 41 branches in 4 years 4 months
datawarehouseextractionpythonoceanetl
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