Kui Li
Project Scientist at Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolKui Li is a Project Scientist and statistician with nine years of experience managing large ecological datasets and conducting advanced statistical analyses for long-term marine and watershed research programs, including NSF-funded SBC-LTER and NASA/NOAA MBON initiatives. Based at UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute, Kui blends strong programming skills (R, GIS, SAS, Matlab, C++, Access) with hands-on field ecology—from dam removal plant surveys to wetland delineation—bridging data management and applied conservation. He has contributed to 20 peer-reviewed papers and 14 environmental education textbooks, and serves as a data manager for institutional learning hubs such as NCEAS. Fluent in English and multiple Chinese languages, Kui often integrates cross-cultural community engagement and NGO experience into collaborative science and capacity-building efforts.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Environmental Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Environmental Science at Sichuan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Riparian Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Riparian Ecology at State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and ForestryMaster of Science (M.S.), Rangeland Ecology and Management, Master of Science (M.S.), Rangeland Ecology and Management at Texas A&M University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (33)
eml9
traits8
r-package8
ecology7
biodiversity7
noaa6
surface6
metadata6
soil6
meteorology6
taxonomy6
r6
identifier6
excel5
matlab5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lkuiucsb/Excel-to-EML
Jun 2018 - Dec 2021
This is a tool for generating EML from an Excel metadata workbook.
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
workbookexcelmetadataeml
lkuiucsb/Sea-Surface-temperature
Mar 2021 - Jul 2024
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.