Phil Novack-gottshall
Executive Committee Member at The Field Museum
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolPhil Novack-gottshall is an experienced paleontological data scientist and academic leader with over 20 years designing and executing quantitative research in paleobiology and the life sciences. As a long-serving university professor and current Executive Committee member of the Paleobiology Database, he combines high-performance computing, machine learning, Monte Carlo simulations, and an extensive R toolkit to tackle big-data ecological and evolutionary questions. He has a strong record of NSF-funded research, effective science communication, and mentoring across 19 years in higher education. Known for translating complex statistical methods into reproducible workflows, he balances rigorous scholarship with collaborative team leadership under tight deadlines. Based in Oak Park, IL, he bridges museum research and academia as a Field Museum Research Associate, bringing practical curatorial and functional-ecology perspectives to data-driven paleobiology.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Master of Science - MS, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at University of CincinnatiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Duke UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Biology and Music (Performance), Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology and Music (Performance) at Moravian University
Github Skills (13)
r-package8
r7
traits5
graphical-user-interface5
user-interface4
perl4
hierarchical4
python3
database3
combinations3
fossil3
portal2
scaling1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pnovack-gottshall/Maintenance-update-R-scripts
Jun 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:295 pushes, 1 branch, 6 comments in 7 years 10 months
pnovack-gottshall/CamOrdEchinos
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:102 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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