Mccrea Cobb
Refuge Biometrician, Alaska Region at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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Top SchoolMccrea Cobb is a Refuge Biometrician for the Alaska Region with two decades of experience blending advanced analytics, statistical modeling, and geospatial methods to inform conservation and natural resource decisions. He has led multidisciplinary teams of biometricians, GIS analysts, and developers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, translating complex ecological data into actionable management insight across Alaska refuges. Trained with a PhD from UC Berkeley and an MS in Fish and Wildlife Management, he pairs rigorous academic grounding with hands-on field and programmatic experience from Kodiak to national parks. Known for bridging federal science leadership and practical data science, he frequently integrates cutting-edge statistical approaches into monitoring programs and information management. Based in Anchorage, he brings a long-term commitment to refuge stewardship and a knack for turning messy ecological data into reliable, policy-relevant products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at University of California, BerkeleyBA, Environmental Studies, BA, Environmental Studies at Denison UniversityMS, Fish and Wildlife Management, MS, Fish and Wildlife Management at Montana State University-Bozeman
Github Skills (34)
shiny8
r-package7
mdeditor7
rshiny7
region7
gps6
traits5
biodiversity5
data-management5
r5
translation4
web-application4
metadata4
api4
ckan4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
USFWS/escapement
Sep 2020 - Feb 2026
https://usfws.github.io/escapement/
Contributions:1 release, 9 PRs, 59 pushes in 5 years 5 months
kodiaksalmonusfwsrmarkdownescapement
USFWS/refuge-survey-app
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
An R Shiny app for viewing and summarizing Refuge survey information in Alaska. https://das.ecosphere.fws.gov/public/refuge-surveys/
Contributions:28 commits, 9 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year
rshinyalaska-regionrefugeusfws
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