Gavin Simpson
Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Viborg, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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Top SchoolGavin Simpson is an Assistant Professor and applied statistician at Aarhus University with 18 years’ experience translating complex ecological and biological datasets into actionable insights. Trained as an environmental geographer (PhD, UCL), he began by reconstructing lake ecosystem histories from sediments and now focuses on multivariate modelling of microbiome, metabolomics and ecological time series. He develops and applies nonlinear statistical methods to forecast system-level changes in animal production and environmental systems. Gavin’s background bridges field-based limnology and advanced data science, giving him a rare mix of hands-on ecological expertise and quantitative modelling skill. Based in Denmark, he combines academic research with practical consultancy experience to deliver tools that address real-world monitoring and forecasting challenges.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Geography, Ph.D., Geography at University College London, U. of London
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Github Skills (200)
ecology10
tidyverse10
knitr10
matrix10
correspondence10
linear-models10
gam10
random-effects10
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mgcv10
brms10
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Github contributions (5)
gavinsimpson/temporalEF
Jul 2013 - Dec 2017
Contributions:50 commits, 18 pushes in 4 years 6 months
gavinsimpson/esa-advanced-vegan-2016
Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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