Erick Montalván
Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research
Lima, Lima, Peru
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Top SchoolErick Montalván is an Assistant Professor and spatial statistics researcher with 11 years of experience developing methods for environmental and public health applications. Trained at Lancaster University (PhD, MSc) and the National University of Engineering, he has combined academic roles across Peru, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and now Wageningen to translate spatial and spatio-temporal models into practical tools for nowcasting, clustering and data integration. His work spans teaching, R package development, and applied consultancy—mapping for marine research and traffic-safety studies early in his career—reflecting a consistent focus on societally relevant problems. Colleagues value his ability to bridge rigorous methodological development with reproducible software and clear classroom instruction.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Statistics, Engineer’s Degree, Statistics at National University of EngineeringTraining as an Analyst, Information and Communications Technologies, Training as an Analyst, Information and Communications Technologies at Center of Information and Communications Technologies (CTIC- UNI)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics and Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics and Epidemiology at Lancaster University
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (150)
bash-configuration10
bash10
computational-geometry10
bash-completion10
polyhedra10
shell10
julia10
geometry10
geometry-processing10
visualization10
topology10
geometric-algorithms10
visualizations9
gpu9
weechat9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ErickChacon/dwm
Mar 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:55 pushes, 27 branches in 3 years 6 months
ErickChacon/Meshes.jl
Oct 2021 - Dec 2023
Computational geometry and meshing algorithms in Julia
Contributions:95 pushes, 18 branches in 2 years 2 months
meshmeshing-algorithmscomputational-geometrypolyhedrajulia
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