Kirsty Pringle

Kirsty joined SSI in 2020 as Project Manager, she is based at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre in Edinburgh. Kirsty holds a BSc in Chemistry from Edinburgh and a PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Leeds. Kirsty is interested in the management of programs that support and facilitate research. 

She is an academic in the topic of air pollution and climate change and has a strong interest in good software practices and the development of open software in research. Kirsty joined the SSI from the University of Leeds, where she was a member of the Centre for Environmental Modelling and Computation (CEMAC).

Kirsty is passionate about open research and is interested in using citizen science and public engagement to “open up” the research process. She is a graduate of the Engagement Excellence Scheme (UoL, 2019) and has worked extensively with schools and community groups to help them take measurements of air pollution in their local area. Kirsty was citizen science co-lead on a NIHR project led by Born in Bradford to measure children’s exposure to air pollution and co-I on Homes Under the Microscope a community science project to measure microplastics in the home.  She is a member of the NERC Constructing a Digital Environment Expert Group.

She is also an active member of the Research Software Engineering (RSE) community and was a trustee and treasurer (2020-2022). From 2018 to 2020 she was RSE Theme Lead for the N8 CIR where she worked to develop a community of research software engineers across the universities in the N8 partnership.

Co-lead on the Air Quality Stripes project which visualised the changes in particulate matter air pollution around the globe in a simple and engaging way.  The project is being used to raise awareness of the need to improve air quality in many regions, epecially in the global south.

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