Fernando Becerra
Director at Dataista SpA
Aysén, Aysén Region, Chile
Summary
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Top SchoolFernando Becerra is a director and data visualization specialist with a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from Harvard and a decade of experience turning complex datasets into engaging, interactive tools for newsrooms, NGOs, academia, and government. He leads Dataista SpA, building interactive data platforms and apps, and has shipped high-profile projects for organizations including USAFacts, Urban Institute, The Baltimore Banner, and The New York Times. His work blends rigorous scientific training (from running astrophysics simulations and publishing in top journals) with hands-on frontend engineering using d3.js, Mapbox, React, and real-time visualization techniques. He also teaches and consults on information visualization, bringing a researcher's attention to uncertainty and reproducibility into product-focused designs. Based in Aysén, Chile, Fernando has a track record of optimizing performance and scalability—once accelerating NLP workflows by 100x—and often surfaces non-obvious insights by combining spatial, temporal, and network visualizations.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Harvard UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Astronomy, Master of Science - MS, Astronomy at Universidad de Chile
Spanish, English
Github Skills (15)
htmlwidgets9
shiny7
visualization6
r6
data-visualization3
javascript3
fourier-transform3
transform3
data-analysis3
data-science3
react3
d3js2
interpolation2
visualizations2
big-data2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fbecerra/ex2
May 2016 - Jun 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 2 months
fbecerra/covid19chile
Apr 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:89 commits, 12 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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