Clara Bird
Research Scientist at FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH
United States
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Top SchoolClara Bird is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute with eight years of research experience bridging marine ecology and quantitative analysis. She holds a PhD in Wildlife Science from OSU and a BS in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography from Duke, and combines fieldwork expertise in marine mammals with strong programming skills in Python and R for spatial and statistical analyses. Experienced with ArcGIS and fluent in Catalan and Spanish, she communicates complex science effectively through public speaking and interdisciplinary collaboration. Known for pragmatic, data-driven approaches, Clara often pairs field-collected data with reproducible code to answer conservation-focused questions and inform management decisions.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Bachelor of Science - BS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at Duke UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Wildlife Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Wildlife Science at Oregon State University
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Github Skills (19)
observation6
docco6
photogrammetry5
measurement5
journal4
r4
gui-application4
pyqt4
creative-commons4
cran4
open-access3
rmarkdown3
html3
rstudio2
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cbirdferrer/collatrix-OLD
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 298 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 5 months
outputsphotogrammetry
cbirdferrer/photogrammetry-scripts
Aug 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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