Laura joined the SDSC in 2022 as a Senior Data Science Engineer in the ORD Engagement & Services team. She holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA). She has worked as a Data Scientist and Software Engineer in the healthcare IT field in both industry and academia. She is interested in open source tooling for data science, and how good software tools make data science more reproducible, collaborative, and user-friendly. When not coding, she can be found hiking, biking, and exploring the SBB train network.