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Eve Chase
Data Scientist in the Public Sector

Title: STEM Careers in the Public Sector: from National Labs to Police Accountability to the Federal Government.

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Dr. Eve Chase is a data scientist with over four years of experience in the public sector. Currently, she works in the U.S. General Service Administration’s Office of the Inspector General (GSA OIG), where she provides data-driven support for investigations of waste, fraud, and abuse involving GSA programs. Previously, she worked as a data scientist in the City of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, where she used data analytics to highlight patterns and practice of police misconduct in Chicago. She also worked as a data scientist on multiple U.S. government programs as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In this talk, Eve will provide an overview of her career trajectory in government data science and offer actionable tips for scientists considering a transition from academia to the public sector. Eve completed her Ph.D. in Astronomy at Northwestern University in Vicky Kalogera’s group, where she applied data science techniques to the detection of gravitational waves and kilonovae. She also has a B.S. in Physics from the College of William & Mary.

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