Meet Our Team

Floyd Nichols

Project Lead

Floyd is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the department of Geosciences. His expertise lies in bridging the gap between data science and astrobiological research. To that end, he aims to improve the awareness, education, and utility of machine learning in astrobiology and related fields.

Grant Major

Lead Programmer

Grant is majoring in computer modelling and data analytics at Virginia Tech. Grant is experienced in software engineering and working with machine learning models for real-world data. 

Mariam Ismail

Website Developer

Mariam Ismail is the Digital Projects Coordinator at Virginia Tech Publishing & Press. She is dedicated to fostering innovative scholarship across campus.