About Russ

Russell Limber "Russ" is a PhD student in Data Science Engineering with the University of Tennessee; Bredesen Center. Originally from Ithaca N.Y., Russ attended the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) where he received his B.S. in Environmental Science while minoring in Math, Physics and Applied Statistics. He worked for two years with Dr. Mitchel Soderberg in the Syracuse University High Energy Physics Department as a research assistant, collecting circuitry for the FermiLab's Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). He went on to receive his M.S. in Data Analytics through Western Governors University. He currently works for Dr. Jitendra Kumar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he uses remote sensing and geospatial data alongside machine learning and statistical anlaysis, to analyze Arctic river ice breakup, forest structural changes in the Tropics, fire danger in California and much more.