Zach Casler is an Environmental Data Scientist at GSI, who first joined the company as an Intern in the summer of 2023. He became full-time after graduating from the University of Washington in 2023 with a Master of Science degree in Information Management: Data Science. Prior to his M.S. degree, he also earned a B.A. in Geography: Data Science, with a minor in Informatics in 2022. During his time at the University of Washington, he developed strong teamwork and management skills while competing as a coxswain for the rowing team. His coursework included Advanced Relational Database Management Systems, Data Science I, II, III (Theory, Machine Learning, and Scaling), as well as GIS Mapping. With expertise in R, Python, and SQL, Zach supports GSI’s data management team by processing, structuring, and analyzing environmental data.