Arieanna Balbar
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria Area United States
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Top SchoolArieanna Balbar is a marine environmental scientist and postdoctoral researcher with nine years of experience translating spatial ecology and data science into actionable conservation planning. She combines expertise in species distribution modeling, predictive statistics and machine learning with advanced R, Python and GIS workflows to design and monitor marine protected area networks and forecast coastal ecosystem change. Her work spans technical assessments for regulatory agencies and the production of clear decision-ready data products, technical reports, and presentations for policymakers. As a co-founder and former CTO of a science analytics startup, she brings practical experience bridging interdisciplinary teams, product development, and research. Based in the Santa Barbara–Santa Maria area, she blends field-based biological oceanography training with a knack for turning complex spatial data into usable tools for conservation.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at Dalhousie UniversitySir Winston Churchill Secondary SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Marine and Freshwater Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Marine and Freshwater Biology at University of Guelph
English, French
Github Skills (1)
ensembles3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
abalbar/rcove
Apr 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 release, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
abalbar/MPADesign
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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