Dr. Tamara Dahlgren has worked in the field of computer science for more than 25 years in a variety of areas, including education, business, conflict simulation, environmental databases, mass hierarchical storage systems (e.g., High Performance Storage System [HPSS]), laser control systems (i.e., National Ignition Facility), foreign animal disease modeling, space situational awareness, uncertainty quantification/scientific workflows, and now build systems. She is currently a member of the Spack and RADIUSS projects.

Tamara completed her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California Davis. Her dissertation is entitled “Performance-Driven Interface Contract Enforcement for Scientific Components." Doctoral committee members were professors Premkumar Devanbu (Advisor), Raju Pandey, and Zhaojun Bai. Tamara earned her Master's degree in computer science from the California State University, Sacramento and her undergraduate degree in computer science and mathematics from the California State University, Stanislaus (magna cum laude).

Tamara is co-recipient of two R&D 100 awards: HPSS (1997) and Babel (2006).