3rd SMD and ETD Workshop on A.I. and Data Science: Leaping Toward Our Future Goals

Ryan McGranaghan is a Data Scientist and Research Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he works with the Machine Learning and Instrument Autonomy (MLIA) group to apply data science techniques robustly and responsibly to the Earth and Space Sciences, to cultivate cross-NASA Center collaborations, and to explore more cohesive and plural scientific communities. He has also been a core team member for the NASA Transformation to Open Science (TOPS) initiative, improving the accessibility, inclusivity, and reproducibility of science. 

He is a former recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the NASA Jack Eddy Fellowship, and the prestigious NASA Heliophysics Early Career Investigator Program Grant. In all of his work, Ryan takes a plural and convergent approach to science, bringing together traditional methods with innovation from the fields of data science and complex systems. His career as in his life is about creating and cultivating transdisciplinary and trans-community connections for the sake of scientific discovery and flourishing.