Lindsey Hayden joined JCSDA in February 2022 as a Postdoctoral Scholar working with the observations team. She is working on a project testing different types of observation error estimation for data assimilation.

Originally from Oregon, Lindsey grew up in Colorado where she received a BS in Meteorology from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She then moved to Missouri, where she received her MS in Meteorology from Saint Louis University and later to Texas, receiving her PhD in Coastal and Marine Systems Science from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi in 2022.

Lindsey enjoys indoor hobbies such as reading, table top games, and D&D as well as outdoor hobbies such as hiking, biking, and skiing. She currently lives south of Boulder, with her husband Jeremy.