Elena M. Lopez, Ph.D.
Health & Ecological Science, Data Science & Statistical Programming, and Digital Strategies
Elena is an Ecophysiologist and Data Scientist based in Colorado. She earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Endocrinology (Ecotoxicology) and a Master’s degree in Environmental and Comparative Biology from CU Boulder, and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California where she played intercollegiate varsity soccer.
Elena’s professional background is interdisciplinary and includes academic research and consulting in the areas of health science, environmental endocrine disruption, ecotoxicology, and human and wildlife physiology. She has researched the effects of persistent environmental contaminants and pesticides in air, water, and soil on development and reproduction in humans, wildlife, and other vertebrates. Elena’s current role focuses on Data Science and Informatics for human health and ecological risk assessments in the environmental pollution remediation industry.
Elena also specializes in digital data analytics, digital campaigns, and outreach strategies. Elena is engaged in community service and local policy and legislative activities that advance environmental and social justice, and ecological conservation.
In her free time, Elena enjoys fly fishing and hiking in the Rockies with her partner and two happy heelers, Kole and Lobo.
Interdisciplinary data scientist with a Ph.D. in environmental, wildlife, and human health sciences, with expertise in environmental, toxicological, and human health data analysis. I specialize in transforming complex scientific and regulatory datasets into actionable insights that support risk assessment, public health, and environmental decision-making.
My work sits at the intersection of environmental science, clinical/health data, and advanced analytics—supporting projects involving environmental contamination, endocrine disruption, and human, wildlife, and ecological risk.
Core strengths include:
➡️ Environmental and human health risk assessment analytics and policy analysis
➡️ Statistical programming and data science (R, SQL, PowerBI, etc.)
➡️ Analysis of large-scale environmental and clinical datasets
➡️ Data and database management
➡️ Data modeling, cleaning, and reproducible workflows |
➡️ Translating scientific data into regulatory and policy insights
➡️ Applied data analytics and digital strategy techniques to support outreach, engagement, and policy initiatives
I bring experience across academic research and consulting, including work in environmental remediation and health impact analysis, with a strong foundation in endocrine disruption, toxicology and comparative physiology.
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