Jessica Burnett
Program Executive, Earth Science Data Systems
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolJessica Burnett is a wildlife ecologist and program executive with nine years of experience translating Earth observations into actionable conservation outcomes across federal, state, and non‑profit sectors. At NASA she shapes strategy and partnerships for ecological conservation, represents the agency on national assessments and policy bodies, and has driven MOUs that institutionalize long‑term collaboration. Trained as a quantitative scientist (PhD, Natural Resources) she blends avian and invasion ecology with applied statistics, scientific programming, and open‑source tool development to support wildlife management and population estimation. Her career spans research roles at USGS and academia, where she published in top journals and built widely used open tools to broaden usability of biogeographic data. A first‑generation college student, she is a committed mentor and outreach advocate who creates pathways into environmental careers for underrepresented communities. Outside work she channels curiosity and teamwork into volleyball, edible gardening, and the occasional NYT Saturday puzzle.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Resources/Conservation, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Nebraska-LincolnAssociate of Arts - AA, Associate of Arts - AA at Valencia CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Master of Science - MS, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation at University of Florida
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Github Skills (194)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
trashbirdecology/bbsAssistant
Jun 2019 - May 2022
An R package for downloading and handling data and information from the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 593 commits in 2 years 11 months
rr-packagedata-downloaderecologybreeding-bird-survey
trashbirdecology/regimeDetectionMeasures
Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
Calculating distance travelled, variance index, fisher information, and other early-warning indicators of regime shifts
Contributions:1 release, 168 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 4 months
fisher-informationvarianceindexshiftsearly-warning-indicators
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