Laura Marshall
Research Fellow (Research Software Engineer) at University of St Andrews
Balmullo, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLaura Marshall is a Research Software Engineer and Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews with 13 years of experience building statistical software for ecological and marine surveys. Trained in statistics, computer science and biology (PhD), she develops and extends the Distance software and CRAN packages like DSsim and mads to tackle real-world complexities in line transect and marine mammal survey design and analysis. Her work blends computational statistics, simulation engine development and hands-on field experience, enabling biologists to test survey scenarios and address issues such as unidentified sightings and covariate uncertainty. Based in Scotland, she combines academic rigour with practical software delivery, often translating advanced methods into user-ready R tools used by the conservation community.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biology / Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biology / Statistics at University of St. Andrews
English, Spanish
Github Skills (18)
proj10
r-package10
bootstrapping10
sampling10
surface10
r9
gdal9
geos9
cran9
spatial9
python8
simulation8
survey6
machine-learning5
api-client4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cran/DSsim
Dec 2013 - Feb 2020
Contributions:15 commits in 6 years 3 months
DistanceDevelopment/dsims
Mar 2021 - Mar 2025
New simulation R library
Contributions:6 releases, 63 PRs, 145 pushes in 4 years
simulation
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