Hi, I’m Erwin

Language got me into academia and coffee keeps me there. I’m a linguist, a data scientist, a hobby potter, an aikidoist, and a dog dad. My Ph.D. dissertation was technically about idiomatic phrases — but really more about how we are able to capture nuances even when we are not consciously aware of them.

I work as a Research Data Science Consultant at UW-Madison and help run BRUG, a community of R users working to make research computing more accessible. I’m a humanist: I believe good tools should be in everyone’s hands and that fairness matters in how we build them.

Day Job

Research Data Science Consultant at UW-Madison. I work with researchers on the tools and strategies that make their work more reproducible, shareable, and visible.

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las rubieras pottery

las rubieras pottery is functional stoneware made to be held. The name comes from a lush corner of a Venezuelan farm — green against the dry season sun, almost like a mirage.

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Capital Aikikai of Wisconsin

CAoW is a dojo dedicated to the practice and promotion of the Japanese Martial Art of Aikido.

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BRUG

The Badger R User Group — a community of practice for researchers who code in R at UW-Madison.

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