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
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Github Skills (60)
ecology10
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julia10
journal9
reproducible-science9
programming-language9
open-science9
reproducible-research9
machine-learning9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
na-pops/napops
Oct 2020 - Jul 2024
R package to access NA-POPS results
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 26 pushes in 3 years 9 months
rr-package
BrandonEdwards/brandonedwards.github.io
Jun 2018 - Oct 2025
Template for creating your website with R markdown.
Contributions:39 pushes in 7 years 5 months
r-markdownmarkdown
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