Arik Tashie
Data Scientist | ML | PhD Earth Systems Scientist
- Role
- Senior Staff Data Scientist at Climateai
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Arik Tashie
Data scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the private, academic, and public sectors.Developed models and tools used by publicly traded companies, NGOs, and federal agencies.Examples include: ML models for predicting seasonal fluctuations in spot price of water indices informing investor guidance; long-term projections of surface water availability for clients globally; groundwater module used in several hydrologic models (academic and private sector); seasonal forecasts of water supply and reservoir operations used operationally by global agribusiness and investment management firms; and development of TCFD / CPD compliant climate risk and sustainability metrics used globally by Fortune 500 companies.Experienced in data analysis (R, Julia, Excel, Python), GIS (Arc, QGIS, GEE, sf, GDAL), BI tools / prototyping (Shiny, Looker, Tableau, Dash), hydrology, earth surface processes, climate science, sustainability, remote sensing, machine learning, and data mining, as well as upper level management in the private sector. PhD focused in Hydrology (Geological Sciences) from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Experience
Senior Staff Data Scientist
Apr 2025 — Present
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hydrology (Geological Sciences)
2018 — 2020
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geology/Earth Science, General
2013 — 2014
The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Middle Eastern History, Philosophy
2002 — 2006
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Science (M.S.), Hydrology
2014 — 2016
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