Brandon Edwards
Ecological Statistician
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolBrandon Edwards is an ecological statistician with a decade of experience applying Bayesian modelling and reproducible R workflows to inform conservation decisions across Canada and the US. Currently at Ducks Unlimited Canada, he translates volunteer- and program-collected data into spatially explicit insights on breeding distributions, habitat change, and strategic resource allocation using Stan, Shiny, and GitHub. He holds a PhD in Statistical Ecology from Carleton University and is an accredited Associate Statistician with a track record of collaborative research roles at Environment and Climate Change Canada and international experience as a visiting PhD student at St Andrews. Known for bridging ecology, statistics, and software, he routinely turns messy field data into actionable maps and models that prioritize conservation impact.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistical Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistical Ecology at Carleton UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Mathematical Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematical Science at University of Guelph
English
Github Skills (53)
ecology10
hierarchical10
r-package10
machine-learning10
bayesian10
evolution10
biodiversity10
science10
jags10
bayesian-inference10
julia10
numerical9
reproducible-science9
open-science9
programming-language9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BrandonEdwards/bbs-point-level
Jul 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 84 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 4 months
BrandonEdwards/FishEBM.jl
May 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:107 pushes, 21 branches in 8 months
model-basedagent-basedagentagent-based-modelapproach
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