About the Reviewers

Nathan Jarus is a computer science PhD candidate at Missouri S&T. He regularly uses Matplotlib to visualize and experiment with results. Prior to his graduate studies, he spent several years developing data visualization tools for research professors. Beyond visualization, he studies complex system modeling and control.

Jens Hedegaard Nielsen is a research software developer at University College London, where he works on a number of different programming projects in relation to research across the university. He is an active Matplotlib developer. He has a PhD in experimental laser physics from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Sergi Pons Freixes is a telecommunications engineer and a PhD candidate with experience on optical sensors and data analysis. For almost 10 years, he has been working in international environments, performing both hands-on development and research.

During his master's degree in telecommunications engineering, he engaged in part-time research in the Department of Signal Theory and Communications at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with the design and development of a low-cost hyperspectral in-situ sensor. This experience stimulated him to start a PhD at the same department. He obtained a grant from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and performed his predoctoral training at the Marine Technology Unit in Barcelona, graduating for a master of advanced studies and leading and supervising the master thesis of other university students, while continuing his research on low-cost solutions oriented to increase the observational capabilities for marine/oceanographic biological information systems.

In 2011, he gained a fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to expand his experience in international scientific organisms, moving to the European Space Agency office in Italy and working on assessing the viability of remote sensing coral monitoring. During his stay, he gained a contractor position as performance simulation engineer for the Sentinel 3 satellite project at the European Space Agency facilities in the Netherlands, being responsible for the simulators and processors operation and maintenance.

In January 2015, he moved to San Diego, California, where he is currently finishing his PhD while he pursues new opportunities.