Brendan Barrett
Research Associate
Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Barrett is an evolutionary behavioral ecologist and group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, where he directs the Inheritance and Social Learning across Scales (ISLaS) group while holding a research associate role at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. With 11 years of research experience and a PhD in Animal Behavior and Ethology from UC Davis, he blends fieldwork, Bayesian modeling, and theory to study how social learning and inheritance shape animal societies. He also leads projects at the University of Konstanz, translating comparative field data into quantitative models that link individual behavior to population-level dynamics. Based in Constance, Germany, Brendan's background ranges from hands-on field and lab leadership to unexpected early-career trades like bicycle mechanics and glazing, reflecting a pragmatic, craft-oriented approach to science.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Animal Behavior and Ethology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Animal Behavior and Ethology at University of California, DavisBachelor of Science - BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Penn State University
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (22)
statistical-inference10
mcmc8
statistics8
simulations7
rstan7
python7
wolfram-language6
gnuplot5
mathematica5
overleaf4
graphing3
simulation3
backup3
mpi2
cls1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bjbarrett/aplin_lab_ewa
Apr 2021 - Apr 2026
Contributions:50 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years
bjbarrett/equifinality2017
Aug 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 3 months
pythongraphingsimulation
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