Jocelyn Pender
Data Scientist
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJocelyn Pender is a biodiversity data scientist based in Ottawa with a decade of experience turning ecological questions into reproducible data products using Python, R, SQL, GIS and visualization tools. She has led data science and web development teams at national conservation organizations, deploying machine learning (including HMMs and species distribution models) and building API wrappers and automation pipelines to scale biodiversity data access. Her background blends academic bioinformatics (MSc) with hands-on conservation analytics—from LiDAR-derived habitat features to automated acoustic species detection—while championing Git, open science and internal data standards. Known for practical tooling and teaching (running Git workshops and internal "Data Chats"), she pairs technical rigor with clear communication to support field biologists and decision-makers.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Biology, Specialization Bioinformatics, M.Sc. Biology, Specialization Bioinformatics at University of Ottawa
English, French
Github Skills (35)
bootstrap9
parser9
modeling9
jekyll9
science8
data-sharing8
parsing8
ruby7
machine-learning7
jekyll-theme7
botany7
bibliography6
biodiversity5
text-parser5
biodiversity-informatics5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
atlantichabitatmodels/communityofpractice
Feb 2022 - Feb 2023
A website to hold information and resources for the Atlantic Canada Species At Risk Habitat Modelling Community of Practice
Contributions:170 commits, 1 PR, 228 pushes in 1 year
atlantic-canadacommunity-of-practicedata-sharinghabitat-modellinghabitat-models
jocelynpender/fna-query
Nov 2019 - Dec 2021
Miscellaneous code for querying FNA Semantic MediaWiki
Contributions:2 PRs, 42 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
semantic-mediawikiapi-usage-miningbiodiversitybiodiversity-databiodiversity-informatics
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