My name is Caleb Phillips. I’m a research scientist living in Portland, Oregon. I am currently employed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. I am also an Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Computer Science Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Visiting Research Faculty at University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine. I did my graduate work on geostatistical approaches to wireless network coverage mapping with advisers Doug Sicker and Dirk Grunwald. I’ve worked in a number of research areas and my primary focus is on applying statistical analysis, parallel computation and predictive modeling to diverse problems. There’s an up to date list of my research activities and academic publications available here.

Teaching is another passion. I’ve taught at the university and high school level, the former as an instructor at the University of Colorado, and the latter as a National Science Foundation fellow designing STEM-oriented curriculum to integrate into traditional education frameworks at Boulder High School. I’ve done work in outdoor garden education with middle schoolers and have designed curriculum to inform science education in the garden. I have a particular affinity for direct mentoring and have had the opportunity to work with a number of excellent students through various programs, including INVST community studies, the NSF REU program, the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, the DOE SULI program, and the DOE CSGF program.

Small White Cube is the name of my consulting business, which I founded in June, 2001. I rarely take on new clients, but nevertheless maintain a fairly steady stream of part-time consulting work. I am a co-founder of the 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations Boulder Food Rescue and Falling Fruit. Besides Portland, I’ve lived in Boulder, Colorado, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, New Zealand, and briefly in the Khumbu valley in the Nepal Himalaya. I graduated from Portland State University in 2006, and I worked as a researcher under Professor Suresh Singh, after graduation. I was also an active member of the community wireless non-profit, the Personal Telco Project where I was the Director of Education.

When I’m not working, I spend most my waking hours with friends, family, or engaged in one of a large number of homesteady or outdoorsy hobbies. I run, climb, knit, sew, cook, paraglide, brew beer, keep bees, weld, throw pots, bicycle, hike, read, bake, garden, play video games, and take photos.

This website serves as a hub for personal and professional content. It is built using Jekyll and hosted by Github Pages. This is the 7th generation of my personal website (4th, 5th). The source for this website is available in github.

If you want to contact me, the best way is to send an email to cphillips at the domain this website is hosted at.