Ben Bradford
Researcher II at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Bradford is a researcher specializing in vegetable crop entomology and data-driven ecological science with eight years of experience based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has progressed through roles from graduate research assistant to Researcher II, blending hands-on field entomology with applied data science to study pest dynamics in vegetable systems. His work bridges classical entomological methods and quantitative analysis, supporting actionable management recommendations for growers and researchers. Ben’s background includes an MS in Entomology and early technical experience with USDA-ARS, giving him a strong foundation in both applied research and federal-level fieldwork. He is comfortable translating complex biological data into practical insights and tools, as reflected by his lab’s VegEnto work. Colleagues would note his uncommon combination of rigorous field skills and a curiosity for computational approaches to ecological problems.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biological science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biological science at University of California, DavisMaster of Science - MS, Entomology, Master of Science - MS, Entomology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (33)
soil9
rails-app9
pressure8
seed7
threshold7
shiny7
science7
modeling7
climate-change6
backend6
ruby-on-rails6
grammar6
pest6
rails6
weather-api6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bzbradford/wav-dashboard
Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
Data dashboard for Water Action Volunteers
Contributions:15 PRs, 114 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 8 months
volunteersrisk-assessmentdavincidata-dashboarddashboard
bzbradford/dsv
May 2020 - Jun 2023
Disease severity value computation from weather station data
Contributions:2 PRs, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 1 month
computationweather-stationseveritystationdisease
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