E. Tyler Carr

I am a scientific programmer with a strong foundation in data visualization, scientific computing, and research communication. I hold a B.S. in Physics with Mathematics minor from East Carolina University, where I conducted undergraduate research in physics education, focusing on flipped classrooms and their impact on student learning and was inducted into the Sigma Pi Sigma National Honor Society of Physics Students. I also served as a teaching assistant for general chemistry and physics for most of my undergraduate career through the Learning Assistant program, where I was trained in Socratic, student-centered teaching methods. In graduate school at the University of Maine, I earned a Master of Engineering degree in Physics and continued teaching in general physics and computational physics - a subject I am deeply passionate about.

Professionally, I have worked as a contractor for Peraton at the Naval Research Laboratory, where I supported mission planning and analysis for unmanned aquatic vehicles. There, I developed Python tools to determine vehicle instructions based on ocean current data and created trajectory animations, presenting findings to teams of scientists and iterating on feedback.

Currently, I work with Oak Ridge Associated Universities as a contractor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contributing to the development of the AMOS (Analytical Methods and Open Spectra) database and INTERPRET NTA (Interface for Processing, Reviewing, and Translating NTA data). My work involves web scraping, data mining, LaTeX-based PDF generation, data quality assurance scripting, and building both static and interactive visualizations using Python and JavaScript. I also developed the Chemical Function Taxonomy (ChemFuncT), a hierarchical classification system for chemical functional use to aid users in finding relevant analytical methods and fact sheets in AMOS, and to support cheminformatics research.

Beyond work, I am a lifelong learner with a deep appreciation for both science and the arts. In middle and high school, I played the saxophone, electric and upright bass in concert, pep, and jazz bands, earning all-county and all-district honors each year. I was active in clubs like Chemistry, Philosophy, Astronomy, and the Society of Physics Students, and received a scholarship through the Chemistry/Physics Living Learning Community. In my free time, I enjoy brewing homemade kombucha, cooking, reading, hiking, and working in the yard.