Nathan Brouwer
Senior Data Scientist
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Brouwer is a Senior Data Scientist in Pittsburgh with a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and nine years of applied experience translating complex biological and ecological data into actionable models using Python and R. He blends academic rigor from years as a teaching professor and graduate researcher with practical impact—building demographic and wildlife monitoring models for nonprofits and now leading data initiatives at Highmark Health. Nathan designs reproducible teaching materials and open courseware (available on GitHub and RPubs) and has repeatedly taught applied statistics and computational biology, making him equally at home explaining methods to students and stakeholders. His background ranges from field ecology and Peace Corps agroforestry to molecular lab work, giving him an uncommon ability to connect experimental realities to scalable data science solutions.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Mt Baker High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Biology General, Bachelor of Science - BS Biology General at Seattle Pacific UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of PittsburghEcology, Ecology at Michigan State University
English, mandinka, Spanish
Stackoverflow
4,908reputation
835kreached
10answers
27questions
Github Skills (22)
boxplot6
regression6
correlation6
subset6
nlme6
large-data6
random-effects6
dataframe6
r6
journal4
bioinformatics4
shiny2
computational-science2
reproducible-science2
academia2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
brouwern/BOOK_R_Ecological_Data_Science
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
brouwern/BIOSCI_1540
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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