Fiona Seaton
Quantitative Ecologist
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolFiona Seaton is a quantitative ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology with eight years’ experience analysing national-scale plant and soil survey datasets. She combines a PhD in Soil and Environmental Science with hands-on skills in national environmental data analysis and modelling developed through roles at UKCEH, UNEP-WCMC and Ramboll. Fiona has built interactive tools for climate projection access and produced guidance translating complex climate data for practitioners, reflecting a strength in turning technical datasets into usable insights. Her work spans soil-plant interactions and ecosystem representation in models, bridging field-focused science with data-driven inference. Based in Lancaster, she brings both academic depth and practical delivery experience to land-use and environmental monitoring projects. A detail that sets her apart is her knack for making large, national survey datasets accessible and actionable for policy and applied research.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Soil and Environmental Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Soil and Environmental Science at Bangor UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA), Natural Sciences, 2i, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Natural Sciences, 2i at University of Cambridge
English
Github Skills (15)
r-package8
stan7
multilevel6
sem6
statistical-models6
bayesian-inference5
bayesian5
mcmc3
statistics3
brms2
equation2
structural-equation-modeling2
bayesian-statistics2
modeling1
r1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NERC-CEH/jsdmstan
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 53 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year
r-packagestanrstats
fseaton/Website
Nov 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:37 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 5 months
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