Mollie is a data scientist (until recently with Datascope Analytics); she is currently working on personal projects, doing a bit of freelancing, and teaching the Data Visualization evening course with Metis (http://www.thisismetis.com/data-visualization-with-d3). Mollie has worked on projects involving a wide variety of problems including (but not limited to) interactive data visualizations, exploratory data analysis, optimization, corporate data exploration tool creation, course development, and ideation. Before transitioning into data science, Mollie worked as a petrophysicist in Abu Dhabi and as a scientific researcher at Stanford University. Mollie has BS degrees in mathematics and geology from WVU and a MS in geology from Stanford University. When Mollie is not being a technical nerd, she swing dances as much as possible, listens to educational podcasts, and strives to be all-around fabulous.