Juan Vargas
Director De Ciencia De Datos Sobre La Biodiversidad
Mexico City
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Top SchoolJuan Vargas is Director de Ciencia de Datos sobre la Biodiversidad at CONABIO with 11 years of experience applying probability, statistics and computer science to conserve Mexico's biodiversity. He holds a PhD in Applied Probability from Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM and has combined academic teaching and research with hands-on development of web services and statistical computing across government and university roles. Proficient in Python, R and JavaScript, he builds reproducible data science pipelines and AI-driven tools that translate complex stochastic models into actionable conservation insights. His background in probability and stochastic simulation gives him a distinctive ability to quantify ecological uncertainty and inform policy decisions. Based in Mexico City, he is equally at home mentoring students and leading cross-disciplinary teams to deploy data-driven biodiversity solutions.
11 years of coding experience
PhD, Applied Probability, PhD, Applied Probability at Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAMUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (55)
ecology9
stable8
biodiversity8
spanish8
biodiversity-informatics8
bioinformatics8
r-package7
las7
in-progress7
data-wrangling7
darwin7
api7
mongodb6
eve6
ckan6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jmbarrios/ModelosDarwinUICN
May 2017 - Apr 2023
Código para proceso de modelado de los datos de la Darwin Iniciative
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 tag in 5 years 11 months
datoslosdarwinproceso
jmbarrios/jackKnifeTest
Aug 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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