Lilly Jones
Hydrogeologic modeling. Wildfire and hazards. Geospatial data science.
Building reproducible computational pipelines that integrate multispectral remote sensing,
large environmental datasets, and governance-aligned workflows.
About
I am an instructor, hydrogeologist and environmental hazards modeler at CIRES Earth and ESIIL Labs at the University of Colorado Boulder, working with interdisciplinary teams on predictive models that inform resilience strategies.
My research integrates multispectral remote sensing data, large environmental datasets, and reproducible computational pipelines. My geospatial stack spans Python, R, ArcGIS, QGIS, CyVerse, and High-Performance Computing environments. Current CIRES-funded work investigates whether geospatial structure in model residuals can be leveraged to improve predictions in data- and sensor-poor regions.
I am also the owner and primary data scientist of Daear Consulting, LLC, currently partnering with Oglala Lakota College on a USDA-NIFA funded grant to build hydrologic and agricultural data cubes supporting analysis, teaching, and data sovereignty workflows.
As a Tribal college graduate and former Tribal college faculty member at Oglala Lakota College, I am committed to developing geospatial data cubes and reproducible, sovereignty-aligned workflows that center and support Tribal partners in environmental research.
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Former Faculty — Oglala Lakota CollegeTribal college educator bringing Indigenous knowledge frameworks into earth and environmental science curriculum.
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Owner & Primary Data Scientist; Daear Consulting, LLCConsulting with Oglala Lakota College on a USDA-NIFA funded grant to build hydrologic and agricultural data cubes for analysis, teaching, and data sovereignty workflows.