Hi, I’m Ksenia Lepikhina (she/her). I am many things:
- Born in Russia, raised in CO, with brief stints in British Columbia and Nevada
- Excited about running, mountain biking, climbing, downhill skiing/ski touring/nordic skiing
- Inclined to enjoy reading, painting and photography
- Educated in math and statistics
- Interested in population epidemiology, public health, climate science and journalism
A brief work resume:
- patched bike frames through carbon repair;
- analyzed automatic gain control data for GPS to flag potential jamming and spoofing attacks;
- researched permafrost degradation in the north slope of Alaska by looking at snow seasonality, brightness temperature and soil moisture;
- used machine learning models to optimize a fixed versus variable price ad tech problem;
- studied elliptic curve cryptography;
- researched clustering of malicious IPs;
- assisted teaching two levels of undergraduate/ graduate statistical methodology;
- led an intro to data science webinar for a grade school audience;
- authored a white paper discussing initial impacts of COVID-19 on the citizen science and education sectors;
- performed statistical analysis to measure hospital quality and update hospital ratings;
- modeled likelihood of health outcomes using social determinants of health;
- enduro mountain bike coach for high school girls;
My identity impacts every aspect of my life from what I write, to what I photograph, to what I read, to what and how I teach. Enjoy a peek into the world through my lens.