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Basics
| Name | Mariaelisa Polsinelli |
| Label | PhD Student |
| mariaelisa.polsinelli@mail.mcgill.ca | |
| Url | https://marpols.github.io/ |
| Summary | Agro-Ecosystem Modeller and Data Scientist |
Education
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2022 - Present Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC., Canada
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2018 - 2021 Guelph, ON., Canada
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2011 - 2016 Toronto, ON., Canada
Work
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2022.05 - 2022.09 Research Assistant
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
Implemented improvements to the Microsoft PowerBI weather dashboard, an interactive data visualization tool of weather and pest forecasts and trends created during previous employment with OMAFA
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Power BI
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2020.09 - present Research Assistant
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Affiliate
Application of process-based crop model STICS, traditional machine learning algorithms and reinforcement learning in order to analyse and solve irrigation decision making challenges for potato crops in Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Crop Modelling
- Machine Learning
- Data Analysis
- GIS
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2020.05 - 2020.09 Research Assistant
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and the University of Guelph
Scouted Brassica and Allium crops in Southern Ontario for pests and disease and Established an interactive Microsoft Power BI data visualization tool for weather and pest forecasts and trends, enabling easier access and comparison between climate and pest trends
- Crop Scouting
- Field Trials
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Power BI
Volunteer and Related Experience
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2023 - 2024 -
2019.11 - 2020.03 Data Colletion
University of Guelph Efficient Dairy Genome Project
Volunteer data collector for the Efficient Dairy Genome Project, which seeks to "Provide cost-effective, genomic-based methods to allow selection of dairy cattle with improved feed efficiency and lower methane emissions"
- Operate a Greenfeed system which measures gas fluxes from large, individual, ruminant animals as they eat.
- Record observations of animal behaviour during feeding
Teaching
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2025 - Fall -
2024 - Winter -
2024 - Fall -
2023 - Fall
Awards
- 2024 to 2026
McGill Graduate Excellence Award
McGill University
$10,000
Merit-based departmental award recognizing outstanding graduate students.
- 2023 to 2025
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (GREAT) Awards
McGill University
$1,300
Awarded to a limited number of students to support conference attendance.
- 2023 and 2024
Graduate Student Mobility Award
McGill University
$1,500
Awarded to support travel for research exchange to Prince Edward Island.
- 2023
CSAFM-SCMAF Student Travel Award
Canadian Society of Agriculture and Forest Meteorology/ La société canadienne de météorologie agricole et forestière
$500
Competitive award granted to one student, based on abstract submission, to support conference participation.
- 2020
RB Palmer Horticultural Scholarship
University of Guelph
$1,000
Competitive award granted to one student with the highest cumulative average with interest in horticulture, plant breeding, or plant genetics
- 2020
William Godfrey Memorial
University of Guelph
$1,500
Competitive award granted to one student with demonstrated interest in horticultural Science through work experience, volunteerism, and/or extracurricular involvement
Service
- 2025
Reviewer
Agricultural Water Management
Skills
| Programming | |
| R | |
| Python | |
| SQL | |
| Bash | |
| PyTorch | |
| Matplotlib | |
| Seaborn | |
| Pandas | |
| ggplot2 |
| GIS | |
| ArcGIS Pro | |
| arcpy |
| Crop Models | |
| STICS | |
| RZWQM2 |
| Data Analysis | |
| Microsoft Power BI | |
| Microsoft Excel |
| Field and Lab Work | |
| Microbiological Culture | |
| Biological Water Sampling | |
| Calibration and Maintenance of pH, DO Meters | |
| Field Trial Experimental Design |
Languages
| English | |
| Native speaker |
| Italian | |
| B2 |
| French | |
| A2/B1 |
| Spanish | |
| A2 |
| German | |
| A1 |