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Julia Stewart Lowndes PhD is a marine ecologist, data scientist, and Mozilla Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). As founding director of Openscapes and science program lead of the Ocean Health Index, she empowers scientists with data science and open practices. She also leads trainings as a co-founder of Eco-Data-Science, R-Ladies Santa Barbara, and as an instructor with The Carpentries. She earned her PhD at Stanford University in 2012 studying drivers and impacts of Humboldt squid in a changing climate.