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Dr Sarah Hartman

Pronouns: she,her,hers

CERC Fellow

https://people.csiro.au/h/s/sarah-hartman

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Biography

Sarah is a CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellow with a focus on "Developing a Trusted AI Agronomist." The project couples deep learning with the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM), a biophysical agricultural model. It also involves stakeholder engagement to identify key considerations for a trustworthy and successful agronomist.

Sarah has spent her career working in environmental engineering and science, where she designs and executes low- and high-technology projects focusing on water, agriculture, and community-led growth in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders. Sarah is passionate about making science and technology accessible to the public via thoughtful translation. She also has a strong commitment to improving technical issues through a cultural and policy lens.

Before starting at CSIRO, Sarah completed a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in Environmental Science and Policy with a focus on the sustainability of local agricultural systems embedded into the global supply chain. She is the recipient of three US National Science Foundation fellowships for her PhD research and a Truman Scholarship for her commitment to public service. She also received a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy fellowship that put her in Washington D.C. to support a climate and economic justice project out of the White House and a Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct research on water resource sustainability in the Philippines.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2017

    Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Environmental Engineering
    University of Delaware

  • 2024

    PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
    University of California Berkeley

Achievements and Awards

  • 2019-2024

    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellow
    National Science Foundation (USA)

  • 2022-2024

    NSF Digital Transformation of Development Fellow
    National Science Foundation (USA)

  • 2022-2023

    Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award
    University of California Berkeley

  • 2020-2022

    NSF Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Fellow
    National Science Foundation (USA)

  • 2018-2019

    Fulbright Scholarship (Research, Philippines)
    Fulbright Program

  • 2016-2017

    Truman Scholar
    Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

Current Roles

  • CERC Postdoctoral Fellow
    Developing a Trusted AI Agronomist

Professional Experiences

  • March 2023-May 2023

    Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow
    US National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine

  • January 2022-May 2023

    Graduate Instructor - Principles of Natural Resource Management
    University of California Berkeley

  • August 2018-May 2019

    Fulbright Research Scholar
    University of San Carlos, Philippines

  • October 2017-July 2018

    Technology Fellow
    Caminos de Agua, Mexico

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