Developer / Analyst - dpolzin@lclark.edu, x7236
Additional Information
Dierk joined the Information Systems group at Lewis & Clark in the spring of 2016, bringing an extensive background in scientific computing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Originally from Northern Illinois he majored in Mathematics and Meteorology at UW-Madison. He has co-authored over 20 articles in atmospheric and oceanic science with numerous professors and students over 24 years. One of his favorite projects was setting up and running oceanic climate models to help analyze the carbon uptake of the ocean. He also worked to help diagnose rainfall anomalies in East Africa and South America. Dierk is excited to be part the Lewis & Clark community to help maintain and modernize the back end systems that run the college.
Dierk is part of the team that manages the Student Information System, Colleague and all the integrations that provide data to secondary systems. He also is an integral part of the Account Management Team which includes not only Information Systems but also Infrastructure, Enterprise Apps and our Security team. He stays current by taking data science and machine learning courses online with DataCamp.
Dierk’s partner and her daughter enjoy spending time together sailing, hiking and exploring the coast. Dierk’s other hobbies besides racing sailboats include running, biking, windsurfing, watching sports, reading historical adventure books and eating vegetables.