Tamara Lopez
Research Associate in Berlin, Germany
Tamara Lopez graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Theatre Performance. She spent the next 14 years working in industry as a web developer and within universities as a research software engineer on digital humanities projects.
During her time in industry, Tamara worked in Chicago, Illinois, building first-generation websites for local businesses and community organisations including Howard Brown Health Center; in San Francisco as a front-end engineer at the Snap.com portal; and in Dublin, Ireland as a member of the web booking development team at Aer Lingus. As a research software engineer, she worked at Indiana University and King's College in London on leading digital humanities projects including The Chymistry of Isaac Newton and the Fine Rolls of Henry III.
Tamara completed a PhD at the Open University in 2016. Her doctoral research examined how professional developers handle errors that come up in everyday practice.
Currently:
- Post-doctoral research associate on Motivating Jenny.
Upcoming:
- Post-doctoral research associate on STRIDE, a project that will examine the relationship between socio-technical resilience and automation.