Hire me as your Data Scientist!
I'm looking for full time work. I'm also available for freelance/contract work. I'm a trained research scientist who applies rigor to all facets of data science. I specialize in machine learning and geospatial analysis.
Programming skills
- R / tidyverse
- Python / pandas / Flask
- SQL / PostgreSQL / MySQL
- git / GitHub
- HTML / CSS / Javascript
Data analysis skills
- Machine Learning, Regression, Classification:
scikit-learn | tidymodels - Geospatial Analysis:
sf | geopandas | PostGIS - Data Visualization:
ggplot2 | seaborn | leaflet | html
Professional Experience
- Data Scientist | 2020 - present
Freelance (UpWork & Contract Work)
USA & Australia
- Machine Learning models to predict daily number of orders for retail company
- Spatial optimization to determine zones for delivery trucks
- Spatial clustering methods to categorize property evaluation
- Quantitative analysis of country-level deforestation rates from spatial data
- Research Associate | 2019 - present
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
- Applied data science principles to researching wildlife trade
- Coded over 80 webscrapers to collect data of online wildlife trade
- Created/maintained MySQL database of >6 million records for wildlife trade
- Machine learning tools (text classification) to process online data
- Created web application with python (Flask) for Australian gov’t
- Communicated results in reports, papers, and talks
- Supervised and lead a team of skilled professionals
Education
Rutgers University - New Jersey, USA
PhD in Ecology & Evolution, 2018
BS in Environmental Science, 2014
Certificate in GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Technical Papers
Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses
PLOS ONE, 2021
A guide to using the internet to study the wildlife trade
Conservation Biology, 2020
Live reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade
Conservation Letters, 2021
19 scientific papers, >200 citations
- Posted on:
- December 11, 2021
- Length:
- 2 minute read, 262 words
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