Room 4079B, Engineering
Laramie, WY
Phone: 307-766-5229
Email: jgong@uwyo.edu
Curriculum Vitae
PhD, Texas A&M University, Geology
BS, University of California, Berkeley
2022-Present: Research Scientist, School of Computing University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
2022: AI/ML Researcher @ SETI Institute & NASA Ames Research Center Frontier Development Lab, Mountain View, CA, USA
2018-22: Postdoc Associate, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
2015-18: Investigator, Division of Geomicrobiology Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
I am an interdisciplinary scientist interested in applying computing to diverse fields of science, arts, and engineering. My goal at the School of Computing is to promote computational science as an exciting toolkit for anyone who would like to try something new in their own research, arts, studies, or businesses. Computing will assist you to become a better thinker, designer, artist, and engineer in unexpected new ways.
In my own research, I study complex systems, self-organization, environmental-biological evolution, and the origin of life. I work on NASA-sponsored research projects to help find signatures of life beyond Earth. I am also a maker, artist, and owner of a local company in Downtown Laramie called Cosmomakers.
Applied Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astrobiology
Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics
Computational Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Data Mining, Data Visualization
Deep Learning, High Performance Computing
Image Processing, Statistical Modeling
Time Series Analysis, Unsupervised Learning
Web Scraping, Web Services, Databases
Owner of Cosmomakers LLC in Downtown Laramie
Digital design and manufacturing tools and their applications
Human-machine interfaces
3D CAD and Printing/Laser technologies
Generative art
Material analysis using XRD, XRF, EPMS, and SEM/TEM
Optical & Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectrometry (Raman, FTIR)
Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS, GC/MS, LC/MS, MS/MS)
Rock analysis, Extractions
Microbial Culture Development, Electrochemistry
Lab Safety
Sensors and Robotic Data Logging Instrumentations
Embedded systems
Automated Experimentation
Field chemicals and water analysis
Field experiments
Collection and analysis of geological materials
Environmental characterization
Fluid mechanics in hydrogeology
