Women in Data Science Puget Sound 2026 Conference

Sandy Rech

Sandra Rech is an Earth Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where she contributes to fish telemetry projects to study salmonid migration through dams. She has a background in computer science, mathematics, and oceanography, with previous work in mathematical modeling, oyster restoration, and ecological data management. She is passionate about integrating ecology and data science to address complex environmental challenges.

Erin Zionce is a Data Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with a background in fisheries ecology. Her research contributes to juvenile and adult fish passage studies by integrating ecological expertise with data science through statistical modeling, machine learning, and computational tools to support environmental science and hydropower systems management.


Session

05-08
13:25
25min
A Data Science Approach to Quantifying Fish Passage Through Dams, Assessing Fish Injury, and Advancing Fisheries Research
Sandy Rech, Erin Zionce
Room 104 (Luther Burbank)