Peter Hurley
Associate Director & Senior Data Scientist
Seaford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPeter Hurley is an Associate Director and Senior Data Scientist with 11 years of experience applying Bayesian methods and probabilistic modelling to real-world environmental and astronomical problems. Currently at AECOM he builds models to quantify natural capital and ecosystem monetary flows that enable biodiversity net gain decisions for companies. His background as a project scientist for the Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project and developer of the probabilistic de-blender XID+ underpins a strong track record of translating complex statistical tools (Stan, hierarchical models) into production-ready solutions. Peter has founded a data science consultancy, led industry–university partnerships at Sussex, and published extensively across astrophysics, demonstrating both entrepreneurial and collaborative strengths. He combines academic rigor from a PhD in Astrophysics with practical delivery in the environment sector, and is notably skilled at extending probabilistic methods across domains (e.g., incorporating multiwavelength and hierarchical physical relationships). Based in Seaford, UK, he is passionate about leveraging AI and ML to tackle environmental challenges while keeping models interpretable and decision-focused.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University of Sussex
Github Skills (27)
galaxy10
evolution9
survey9
astronomy8
geospatial7
large-scale6
visualization6
geospatial-analysis5
data-visualization5
scale5
gis5
kepler4
forum4
predict3
connectivity2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
H-E-L-P/XID_plus
Oct 2014 - Jul 2022
Next generation XID development
Contributions:549 commits, 77 PRs, 45 pushes in 7 years 10 months
xidnext-generation
pdh21/SDAF
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 8 months
data-analysisforumsussex
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