Sandra Karcher Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States

- CEO of a limited-liability company offering a wide variety of data engineering and software engineering services.- Developed a Tableau Dashboard for reviewing time series data of samples collected from public water systems in Mercer County, PA (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sandra.karcher/viz/MercerCountyDrinkingWater/Dashboard1).

United States

- Designed and developed a tool that enables uploading and downloading of data and metadata into and out of EveAnalytics (formerly known as the Microphysiology Systems Database (MPS-Db) and the BioSystics-AP) in one unified format.- Led the development team through the process of transitioning biosystics-ap.com (an open data repository) to eveanalytics.com.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Worked to enhance and populate the Drug Discovery Institute’s MPS Database. Primary responsibilities include:- Developing new features for the MPS Database (https://mps.csb.pitt.edu/) using a Django/Python framework, including: o designing and programming a transcript/gene nomenclature mapping tool, o incorporating the ability to upload and store.

Worked in collaboration with the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology, nanoHUB, and the Nanomaterial-Biological Interactions Knowledgebase to develop analytical and visualization tools (using Django, Python, JavaScript, and MySQL) to explore the fate, and associated risk of introducing nanomaterials into the environment.Publications.

Taught Databases & Data Systems for Environmental ModelingThis class focuses on finding, formatting and visualizing data frequently used in environmental modeling (including land use, land cover, climate, crop, and hydrography data).

Publications resulting from this position:Karcher, S.C., VanBriesen, J.M., Nietch, C.T. “Assessing the Challenges Associated with Developing an Integrated Modeling Approach for Predicting and Managing Water Quality and Quantity from the Watershed through the Drinking Water Treatment System,” EPA/600/R-12/030, March 2012.

Taught classes in Solid & Hazardous Waste Management and Water & Wastewater Treatment.The solid waste class focuses on the collection, transformation, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. The water class includes a weekly lab and focuses on technologies used in testing and treating water. Both classes introduce students to some of the fundamental.

Graduate research described in:Karcher, S.C., Small, M.J., and VanBriesen, J.M., (2004) “Statistical method to evaluate the occurrence of PCB transformations in river sediments with application to Hudson River Data,” Environmental Science and Technology 38:6760-6766.Karcher, S.C., VanBriesen, J.M., and Small, M.J (2007) "Numerical method to elucidate.

Designed databases, constructed database systems, and managed large volumes of environmental data.

University Of Maryland

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering

Biomedical Informatics Certificate, Biomedical Informatics

Master'S Degree, Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Civil Engineering