Anabelle Laurent

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Iowa State University

Biography

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the department of Agronomy at Iowa State University in the Miguez's lab . My research interests lie in the area of on-farm research and crop production. I enjoy combining statistical analysis and data visualization to make outcomes accessible to a broader audience. For my postdoc, I work on a project titled “FACT: WebBased Dynamic Data-Analytics Framework for OnFarm Research Networks”.

Since September 2019, I am co-leading R Ladies Ames with Xiaodan Lyu. Indeed, I really like giving workshops and making tutorials about R coding.

In my spare time, I enjoy baking & cooking, spending time outdoors (walking, biking), making craft, and drawing.

Interests

Crop modeling
On-farm research
Data visualization
Experimental design

Education

PhD in Crop Production & Physiology, 2017 to 2020

Iowa State University & INRA France
Master's Degree in sustainable agriculture, 2012

Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture (Angers, France)

Experience

Postdoc research associate

Iowa State University

Feb 2021 – Present Iowa

Responsibilities include:

Crop modeling
Analyzing on-farm surveys data
Data visualization
Shiny web-app

PhD student

Iowa State University & INRA

Jan 2017 – Dec 2020 Iowa

Responsibilities include:

Crop modeling
Frequentist & Bayesian analysis
Data visualization

Research engineer

INRA UMR Agronomie

Jan 2013 – Dec 2016 France

Responsibilities include:

Meta analysis
Site-specific yield prediction
Monitored a network of agricultural trials
Cropping system design and ex-ante assessment

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Feb 27, 2021 4:11 PM — 5:00 PM Ames, Iowa

Data Visualization Workshop

In this workshop, we will talk about Data Visualization. This workshop is not focus on programmation but students would have a chance to make plots using the R package Esquisse (no coding experience required)

Slides

Nov 7, 2020 4:10 PM — 5:00 PM Ames, Iowa

Write a CV with R Pagedown

In this workshop, I will introduce some tips and tricks for building a CV with pagedown. This workshop is expected to be a hands-on workshop. Participants would have a chance to build their own “baby” resume.

Slides

Apr 3, 2020 3:10 PM — 4:00 PM Ames, Iowa

Create a personal website with Blogdown like what we did

A personal website is an incomparable platform for building your online profile and showcasing your amazing work (research or other interesting stuff). Blogdown is a popular R package developed for producing a static website from R Markdown documents. Even if you are currently using GitHub pages for your personal website, you might be interested in this talk after reading this post by Yihui. In this talk, we’ll introduce some tips and tricks for building a personal website with Blogdown based on our own experience. This talk is expected to be a hands-on workshop (something fun and meaningful to do during quarantine). Participants would have a chance to build their own “baby” website and deploy the website online with Netlify!
It would be helpful if you register a Netlify account and master some basics about GitHub and Markdown in advance. You can be even more prepared and start to work on your own website now by following this tutorial written by Annie. That’s how Anabelle created her own website!

Code Slides