Mike Treglia
Lead Scientist, New York State Cities Program
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Treglia is a conservation scientist and lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy’s New York State Cities Program with 11 years of experience applying landscape ecology, GIS, and remote sensing to biodiversity and climate resilience planning. He moved from field-based research on Caribbean reptiles and Southern California amphibians to urban-focused spatial science, translating ecological principles into actionable planning for New York City. Mike combines advanced quantitative skills from a PhD in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences with hands-on FOSS GIS and remote sensing workflows shared on GitHub. He has a track record of bridging academia, government, and nonprofit practice—from postdoctoral research and USGS volunteer work to instructing spatial analysis courses. Known for turning complex spatial data into practical conservation strategies, he emphasizes scalable, open-source tools to support urban resilience. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to pair species-level ecological insight with city-scale planning outcomes, ensuring conservation actions are both biologically informed and implementable.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M UniversityBS, Natural Resources, BS, Natural Resources at Cornell University
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
305reputation
20kreached
1answer
4questions
Github Skills (37)
qgis9
spatial-data9
raster9
gis9
demographics8
sentinel8
copernicus8
census-data8
mapzen8
nyc8
modis8
r-package7
preprocess7
r7
landsat7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
tnc-ny-science/tnc-ny-science.github.io
May 2018 - Mar 2026
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 11 months
mltConsEcol/TU_LandscapeAnalysis_Documents
Sep 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:317 commits, 245 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
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