Christopher Brown
Associate Professor In Fisheries Science
Australia
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Top SchoolChristopher Brown is an Associate Professor in Fisheries Science and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow with a decade of experience applying quantitative ecology to support sustainable marine management. He specialises in mathematical modelling, Bayesian statistics, spatial analysis and GIS, and is a prolific R programmer who also teaches R to researchers and managers. His work bridges academic rigor and practical impact through partnerships with government, industry and NGOs, informing decisions on blue carbon, tuna monitoring, coral reef fisheries and climate-driven changes to ocean food production. Currently he investigates unprecedented environmental change and its implications for ocean ecosystems and food security, bringing ecological complexity into decision-support tools. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex models into actionable advice and to supervise multidisciplinary teams delivering policy-relevant science.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Honours, Bachelor of Science, Zoology, First Class, Honours, Bachelor of Science, Zoology, First Class at University of TasmaniaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Sciences, Quantitative ecology and modelling, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Sciences, Quantitative ecology and modelling at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (23)
brms10
r-package10
multilevel10
statistical-models10
stan10
bayesian-statistics9
bayesian9
bayesian-inference9
react9
mcmc8
sem8
carbon-emissions7
climate-science7
velocity6
climate-change6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cbrown5/RLS-data-prep-course
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 11 months
cbrown5/remixsiar
Jun 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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