Marlon Cobos
Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolMarlon Cobos is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kansas with eight years of research experience in distributional ecology, specializing in disease biogeography, predictive modeling tools, and integrating evolutionary adaptation into forecasts. He holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and combines field-based environmental expertise from early career roles with advanced computational method development. Passionate about open science and open-source software, he builds reproducible workflows for risk mapping and species distribution models. Based in Lawrence, Kansas, he has a proven record of mentoring and teaching during graduate training and actively promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in scientific teams. An analytical thinker who bridges applied conservation work with cutting-edge modeling, he often leverages interdisciplinary collaborations to translate complex ecological theory into practical risk-assessment tools.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasMaestría, Zoología y Ecología Animal, Maestría, Zoología y Ecología Animal at Universidad de La HabanaIngeniería, Manejo y Conservación del Medio Ambiente, Ingeniería, Manejo y Conservación del Medio Ambiente at Universidad Nacional de Loja
Spanish, English
Github Skills (27)
visualization10
r-package10
r10
maxent10
range-map10
biodiversity10
placement9
uncertainty8
simulations8
survey8
ecology8
simulation7
agent-based-modeling7
evolution7
biology6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
marlonecobos/ENM_manuals
Sep 2018 - Sep 2022
Contributions:38 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
marlonecobos/biosurvey
Sep 2020 - Feb 2024
Biological Survey Planning
Contributions:15 PRs, 56 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
biologicalplanningsurvey
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