Gregory Schmidt
Ecological Data Quality Specialist
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolGregory Schmidt is an Ecological Data Quality Specialist with eight years of professional experience documenting and analyzing plant distribution and vegetation patterns across North America. Based in Grand Rapids, he brings deep field expertise from two decades of federal service—including roles as an ecologist and botanist with USDA and the U.S. Forest Service—where he led rare plant and invasive species inventories, NEPA biological evaluations, and invasive control efforts. He now focuses on quality control for regional ecological data, translating field observations and soil-climate classifications into reliable, auditable datasets for resource management. Gregory holds an M.S. in Botany and pairs rigorous academic training with practical, boots-on-the-ground skills, making him adept at bridging ecological science and data integrity in conservation decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
Associate of Science - AS, Environmental Science, Associate of Science - AS, Environmental Science at Grand Rapids Community CollegeMaster's, Botany, Master's, Botany at University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleBachelor of Science, Biology, Bachelor of Science, Biology at Grand Valley State University
Github Skills (18)
r-package9
soil9
cran9
spatial8
data-handling8
terra8
r8
geospatial7
spatial-data7
vector7
raster7
sql6
database5
databases4
gdal4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phytoclast/lidar
Jan 2021 - Apr 2024
Contributions:73 pushes in 3 years 3 months
phytoclast/vegnasis
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:87 commits, 6 PRs, 166 pushes in 1 month
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