Michele Tobias
Geospatial Data Specialist UC Davis DataLab
Davis, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichele Tobias is a geospatial data specialist and biogeographer with 11 years of experience applying GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis to coastal vegetation and biogeomorphology. Based at UC Davis DataLab, she combines research support, open dataset creation, and hands-on teaching to help researchers manage, analyze, and visualize spatial data. Her work blends traditional field phytosociology with low-cost aerial remote sensing—kites and a hobby hot air balloon—to map California beach plants and human impacts in novel ways. She is also a practiced cartographer and scientific illustrator who turns complex geospatial results into elegant, publication-ready visualizations. Michele has led geospatial consulting and curated spatial data for institutional use, contributing to open projects like the AVA boundary dataset at UCDavisLibrary. Her background (PhD in Geography) and practice at the intersection of art and science make her especially skilled at communicating ecological patterns to both technical and public audiences.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Geography, PhD, Geography at University of California, DavisMS, Terrestrial Resource Ecology & Management, MS, Terrestrial Resource Ecology & Management at University of MichiganMOR Leaders ProgramUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, German, python, html, r, javascript, botanical latin
Github Skills (81)
wps10
exposure10
spatial10
permanent10
openstreetmap10
qgis10
tms10
journal10
inkscape10
shapefile10
system-information10
spatial-data10
geotools10
geospatial10
spatial-analysis10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
MicheleTobias/maps
Dec 2014 - Jan 2023
Web maps related to Michele Tobias' academic research.
Contributions:95 commits, 5 PRs, 76 pushes in 8 years 2 months
mapacademic-researchweb-maps
ucdavisdatalab/workshop-projections
Jan 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:42 commits, 55 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years
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