Pat Lorch
Senior Research Biologist At Southern Sierra Research Station
California, United States
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Top SchoolPat Lorch is a senior research biologist with 10+ years blending field ecology and quantitative modeling from the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada. At the Southern Sierra Research Station he leverages large ecological datasets, simulation programming, and statistical models to probe how topography and climate shape species distributions and persistence. His background spans academic research and teaching in evolutionary ecology to applied management of long-term monitoring programs at Cleveland Metroparks, where he translated data into actionable conservation guidance. Skilled in field radio tracking and statistical computing, he pairs hands-on field methods with advanced simulation work—a self-described biologist with a penchant for the virtual. Pat’s career reflects both deep theoretical training (PhD, University of Toronto) and practical stewardship aimed at informing policy and public appreciation of regional biodiversity.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkPhD., Zoology, PhD., Zoology at University of TorontoBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General at University of Notre Dame
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Github Skills (60)
shiny8
shiny-server8
r-package8
r7
rstudio7
style-transfer7
mechanism7
version-control6
orange6
dataframe6
classification6
ecology6
web-development5
transfer-learning5
data-handling5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
plorch/cameratraps2
Nov 2015 - Aug 2021
Contributions:58 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 10 months
cleveland-metroparks/nr_activity_report
Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
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