Juan Villaseñor-derbez
Assistant Professor at University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJuan Villaseñor-derbez is an Assistant Professor and environmental scientist specializing in coupled human–ocean systems, with a decade of experience designing and evaluating policy interventions that conserve marine resources. He combines training in oceanography, ecology, and environmental economics with geo-spatial, econometric, and machine learning methods to reveal how policies and ecological processes shape human incentives and coastal outcomes. His work spans academia and applied consulting—ranging from national evaluations of marine reserves in Mexico to managing fisheries databases that inform quota decisions—demonstrating a rare mix of field coordination, policy-relevant analysis, and outreach. Based in Miami after postdoctoral work at Stanford and a PhD from UC Santa Barbara, he brings both rigorous empirical methods and practical tools (like MAREA-based evaluations) to improve marine governance.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Oceanography, 90.45/100, Bachelor’s Degree, Oceanography, 90.45/100 at Universidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science at Bren School of Environmental Science & Management - University of California, Santa Barbara
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (44)
proj10
r-package10
geos10
spatial10
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gdal9
standardization8
rstudio7
shiny7
procedures7
government-data5
web-development5
rmarkdown5
development-environment5
stacked5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jcvdav/mexican_subsidies
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 70 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years
jcvdav/erre-esp
Feb 2019 - Nov 2022
Repositorio con blog de Erre en español
Contributions:5 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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