Jeffrey Hostetler
Research Biologist at USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJeffrey Hostetler is a quantitative ecologist and research biologist with 14 years of experience applying advanced population and conservation modeling to birds, marine mammals, and terrestrial species. He specializes in full-annual-cycle, individual-based, matrix, and integrated population models, and is fluent with hierarchical, MCMC, N-mixture, and stochastic dynamic programming approaches used in population viability and survival analyses. At USGS and prior roles with FWS, the Smithsonian, and Florida FWC he has tied analytical models to management decisions—most notably advancing manatee core biological models and Breeding Bird Survey research. He combines deep statistical rigor with hands-on programming and data-architecture experience dating back to early SQL and ColdFusion projects, enabling reproducible, policy-relevant science. Based in Laurel, Maryland, he blends long-term field experience with cross-agency collaboration to translate complex demographic processes into actionable conservation strategies.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Biology, BA, Biology at Oberlin CollegePhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, PhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at University of FloridaMS, Zoology, MS, Zoology at North Carolina State UniversityH.S. Diploma, Math, Science, Computer Science, H.S. Diploma, Math, Science, Computer Science at Montgomery Blair High SchoolColorado State University: Belize
English
Github Skills (2)
r-package9
r7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SMBC-NZP/MigConnectivity
Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:14 releases, 267 commits, 2 PRs in 7 years 1 month
falafelbot/MC
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:12 pushes in 6 months
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