Natalie Posdaljian
Postdoctoral Researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolNatalie Posdaljian is a marine bioacoustician and postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography with eight years of experience using passive acoustic monitoring to reveal long-term, demographic, and spatial trends in sperm whale populations across polar to tropical regions. Her PhD work combined development of sound-propagation software (PropaMod) with large-scale spatiotemporal models to detect range shifts, female habitat use in unexpected regions, and demographic-specific acoustic density estimates that inform management. Comfortable in harsh field conditions and with fisheries data, she pairs strong analytical and coding skills with a knack for translating acoustic signals into actionable ecosystem insights. She also brings science communication experience from contributing writing and education roles, and holds a MicroMBA that helps bridge research with stakeholder and management needs.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Environmental Systems (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Marine Sciences), Dance, Bachelors of Science, Environmental Systems (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Marine Sciences), Dance at University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California San DiegoSemester Abroad, Environmental Field Study Seminar, Rainforest, Reef and Cultural Ecology, Semester Abroad, Environmental Field Study Seminar, Rainforest, Reef and Cultural Ecology at School of International TrainingMicroMBA, Business, MicroMBA, Business at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management
Armenian, Spanish
Github Skills (20)
arctic6
traits6
classification6
ecology6
acoustics6
earth5
identifier5
music4
audio-processing4
machine-learning4
formatting4
data-monitoring4
python4
data-visualization3
user-interface3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nposdalj/CanadianArctic
Sep 2020 - Mar 2023
Plotting and analysis code for the Canadian Arctic sperm whale project.
Contributions:8 PRs, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
pythonarcticplottingcode-analysiscanadian
nposdalj/SeasonalityAnalysis
Dec 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:202 commits, 3 PRs, 199 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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