Ben Anderson
Principal Research Scientist at BRANZ
New Zealand
Summary
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SeniorBen Anderson is a Principal Research Scientist based in New Zealand with 11 years of experience leading interdisciplinary research that translates data-driven insights into strategic advice for stakeholders and executives. His career spans academia and industry, including roles at BRANZ, the University of Southampton’s Sustainable Energy Research Group, and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship at the University of Otago, blending deep technical analysis with science communication. He is experienced in building collaborative research programs and advising policy and industry on sustainable energy and built-environment challenges. Ben’s background in long-term research roles at institutions and labs like BT R&D and Lancaster highlights an ability to bridge fundamental research and applied outcomes. Unusually for a scientist in his field, he maintains active code and lab work repositories across BRANZ, smartEnergyResearchLab and CfSOtago, reflecting hands-on engagement with open research tools as well as stakeholder-facing consulting.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (37)
r-package10
energy8
renewable-energy8
netlogo8
r8
hierarchical8
electricity7
simulation7
agent-based-modeling7
spatial7
urban-planning6
timed6
government-data6
grid6
python6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CfSOtago/airQual
Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
Exploring air quality data in the UK and New Zealand
Contributions:22 PRs, 129 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 4 months
data-qualityzealandair-qualityairair-quality-data
dataknut/hashTagR
Sep 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:93 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 5 years
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