Leonard Calle, Ph.D.

Leo Calle, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist with the Harte Research Institute, where he models coastal flooding and storm overwash on the Texas Gulf coast using drone imagery, water level loggers, tide gauge records, and high-resolution elevation data. The project supports the Colony Island Network Design and Implementation (CINDI) <https://www.birdislands.org/>

Leo is an ecologist and modeler who studies how ecosystems change, from shallow coastal waters to the global carbon cycles. He has held research positions with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland, and was Lead Model Developer at Regrow Ag Inc. His work spans process-based ecosystem modeling, deep learning, and high-performance computing, along with the software and dashboards that deliver results to stakeholders. He has more +30 peer-reviewed publications and founded CalleEcology Inc. and mewmewmew Inc.

Outside of work, Leo coaches youth soccer in Missoula, Montana, and makes art under the name Meiji. His personal folio <https://leonardo-calle.com>