Renata Diaz
Data Scientist
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolRenata Diaz is a data scientist and field ecologist with a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology and nearly a decade of experience applying computational tools to large ecological datasets. She writes scientific software, builds databases, and trains researchers in reproducible, open-source workflows, currently supporting computationally intensive projects at the University of Arizona. Her background spans hands-on field ecology and advanced simulation modeling of eco-evolutionary dynamics, giving her a rare ability to bridge theory, data engineering, and practical research needs. Previously she contributed to eBird and academic data-science teams, pairing production-grade data engineering with domain expertise in biodiversity and conservation. Colleagues rely on her to turn messy ecological observations into well-documented, reusable code and robust analyses that accelerate collaborative science.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology at University of Florida
Github Skills (63)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
diazrenata/squareone
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Took a long time to get back here. Energetic compensation post-2010.
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 249 pushes in 1 year 10 months
compensationlong
role-model/multidim-biodiv-data
Dec 2022 - Jul 2023
Repository for curriculum development for the multidimensional biodiversity data workshop.
Contributions:21 PRs, 83 pushes, 14 branches in 7 months
multidimensionalcurriculumpythondata-scienceworkshop
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