Grace Di Cecco
Lead Biodiversity Data Scientist
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolGrace Di Cecco is a Lead Biodiversity Data Scientist with eight years of experience applying macroecology, geospatial modeling, and quantitative methods to conservation decision-making. After earning a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2022, she has translated continental-scale research on climate and land-use change into operational habitat models and climate data products for state and national planning. At NatureServe she leads development of novel geospatial tools that inform practitioners and policy, building on prior work producing climate products for California and contributing to the 5th National Climate Assessment. Comfortable across R, Python, and HPC environments, she pairs strong computational skills with field-born ecological insight—having documented a novel orchid altitudinal range during early research. Based in Chicago, she blends academic rigor with practical implementation to drive measurable conservation outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Illinois Mathematics and Science AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Biology and Philosophy, Minor Spanish, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology and Philosophy, Minor Spanish, summa cum laude at Northeastern UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
r-package7
datasets5
r4
science4
database3
data-science3
census3
python2
docker1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gdicecco/mih-vegetation
Oct 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 release, 85 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
gdicecco/avian-range-shifts
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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