Henry Hershey
Research Scientist
Auburn, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHenry Hershey is a fisheries research scientist and PhD candidate at Auburn University with eight years of field and analytical experience studying migratory fish movement and barriers such as dams. He combines hands-on fieldwork across Great Lakes and Alaskan systems with advanced data science—especially Bayesian methods and acoustic telemetry analysis—to tackle questions in fish passage, invasive species spread, and river ecology. Henry has published on applied conservation topics and builds reproducible code for telemetry data, reflecting a pragmatic focus on translating tech and statistics into management actions. Having led remote field crews and taught ichthyology labs, he blends practical fieldcraft with mentoring and scientific illustration to communicate complex results. Based in Auburn, AL, he brings a rare mix of remote-wildlands experience (including Alaska weirs and bear-country camps) and modern quantitative skills that make him effective at both designing studies and delivering actionable conservation insights.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Westfield High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Environmental Studies (Double Major), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Environmental Studies (Double Major) at Case Western Reserve UniversityZoology, Geology, Geography, Zoology, Geology, Geography at University College CorkDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Fisheries Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Fisheries Biology at Auburn University
French
Github Skills (4)
r-programming5
r-package2
lists1
mcmc1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bstaton1/au-r-workshop
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
A first course in R programming for natural resource scientists
Contributions:58 commits, 12 PRs, 2 comments in 14 days
r-programmingscientistsrstatsnatural
henryjhershey/au-r-workshop
Sep 2018 - Oct 2019
A first course in R Programming for Natural Resource Scientists
Contributions:4 PRs, 62 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year
r-programmingscientistsnatural
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