MAYA GANS
Data Visualization Engineer
I graduated from the University of Wyoming with my Master’s in Science May 2019. My thesis was on the bacterial communities of a parasitic plant and how it interacts with fungi and adjacent trees. Working in ecology provided the foundation for studying complex, interconnected networks. My interests shifted from my study system to the statistical methods needed to model complex interactions and large datasets. After completing my degree, I worked at RStudio as an Intern where I created tidyblocks.tech, a blocks-based coding language to teach high school statistical students the fundamentals of programming.
After my internship I have been applying my R and JavaScript skills as a web developer in the clinical trial space.Experience
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE
University of Wyoming
2016-2019
BACHELOR OF SCIENCEE
Florida International University
2010-2014
Skills
Talks and Publications
rstudio::global(2021). January, 2021

RStudio Conference January 2020, San Francisco, CA

RStudio Conference January 2020, San Francisco, CA

Expertise
- data visualization
- htmlwidgets
- shiny
- package development
Awards
Runner-up: a Shiny GUI to generate clinical trial tables
Totaling $600 for an outstanding Botany graduate student
Totalling $1150 for certification to teach R Programming
Totaling $1500 for registration to attend InsureTech Connect 2018 in Las Vegas, NV
Totalling $31500 for technology start up seed funding
Hobbies
- rock climbing
- playing bass
- music analytics
- statistics