Diogo Rocha
Pesquisador at Instituto Internacional para Sustentabilidade
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Top SchoolDiogo Rocha is a researcher and data scientist with a PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation and nine years of experience applying R and Python to spatial modeling for biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate-change impacts. Based in Rio de Janeiro at the Instituto Internacional para a Sustentabilidade, he blends field-based ecological expertise—especially on Atlantic Forest tree community structure—with hands-on development of GIS tools and multicriteria spatial-planning platforms like Plangea. He has collaborated with the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden on ecological niche modeling tools and contributes code publicly (github.com/diogosbr), reflecting a reproducible, code-first approach to conservation science. Diogo’s profile is notable for combining deep academic training in botany and ecology with practical software engineering skills that translate complex ecological data into decision-ready spatial priorities.
9 years of coding experience
Mestre em Botânica, Botany/Plant Biology, Mestre em Botânica, Botany/Plant Biology at Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaDoutorado em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Doutorado em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
Github Skills (4)
r-package10
dismo9
r9
shiny6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
diogosbr/spfilt
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:1 release, 47 commits, 46 pushes in 9 months
diogosbr/diversidade
Apr 2017 - Jan 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
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