From Data+ to Watershed Science: How a Duke Summer Program Shaped an Ecologist’s Career

Can a summer data science program spark a lifelong passion? For Matthew Ross, a Duke Ph.D. graduate in ecology, one of Duke’s interdisciplinary “plus programs” helped lead to a career that blends environmental science, data visualization and collaborative teaching. A decade after mentoring undergraduates in the Data+ program, he trains the next generation of scientists at Colorado State University. Read the full story from the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.