David Gibbs
Research Associate
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Gibbs is a geospatial research associate with eight years of experience translating satellite and ecological data into actionable insights for governments, NGOs, and the private sector. At World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch he models and maps carbon fluxes from forests worldwide, produces published research and public data products, and reports on deforestation trends. His background spans field ecology—from bat feeding studies in Panama to coral and watershed work—and applied spatial analysis for flood, pipeline, and water-quality projects across the U.S. and internationally, giving him a rare combination of hands-on ecological fieldwork and rigorous GIS/statistical modeling. Comfortable in fast-paced consulting and investigative research alike, he focuses on work that informs policy and resource management through collaboration with stakeholders. An avid learner, he often applies skills across domains, for example extending forest monitoring methods to urban trees and corporate carbon tracking.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Princeton University
Github Skills (31)
python10
carbon-emissions10
climate-science10
sustainability10
climate-change10
flux10
risk-assessment10
loss10
geotrellis9
geopandas9
arcpy9
geotiff9
gis8
geospatial8
tiles8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wri/gfw_forest_loss_geotrellis_arcpy_client
Jan 2021 - Apr 2025
Arcpy client for GFW Forest Loss Analysis
Contributions:3 reviews, 16 PRs, 20 pushes in 4 years 3 months
arcpypythonarcgis-desktopgfwloss
wri/carbon-budget
May 2018 - Jan 2023
Calculate gross GHG emissions, gross carbon removals (sequestration), and net flux from forests globally
Contributions:5 releases, 13 reviews, 4384 commits in 4 years 9 months
pythonghgrisk-assessmentgrossghg-emissions
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