Ed Baker
Acoustic Biology Researcher at Phasmida SpeciesFile
York, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEd Baker is an acoustic biology researcher with 14 years’ experience applying data science and informatics to biodiversity monitoring, specialising in bioacoustics and ecoacoustics. Based at the Natural History Museum in York, he focuses on the soundscapes and acoustic behaviours of Orthoptera and other understudied invertebrates, while shaping standards for media collections. He bridges physics, data science and taxonomy—trained in physics at Imperial College and studying data science at The Open University—to build interoperable infrastructure and curated datasets for long-term biodiversity research. Active in community standards as Convenor of the TDWG AudubonCore Maintenance Group and as assistant editor for the Phasmida SpeciesFile, he combines field-focused natural history curation with computational methods to reveal cryptic vocal behaviours. Notably, his work emphasizes underrepresented taxa and the practical systems needed to make acoustic data reusable across institutions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science at The Open UniversityBsc, Physics, Bsc, Physics at Imperial College London
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Github Skills (77)
ecology10
taxonomy10
javascript10
jquery10
ajax10
open-science10
grid-layout10
biodiversity10
grid-system10
grid10
r9
tabulator9
grids9
bin-packing9
react9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
BioAcoustica/bioacousticaR
Dec 2014 - Aug 2017
Contributions:142 commits, 112 pushes, 17 comments in 2 years 8 months
audioblast/view.audioblast.org
Nov 2020 - Sep 2023
audioBLAST! analysis viewer
Contributions:9 PRs, 71 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
acousticssoundscapesaudioviewerbioacoustics
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