Rich Cottrell
Assistant Director - Scientist at The University of Queensland
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
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Top SchoolRich Cottrell is a quantitative ecologist and assistant director-scientist with eight years’ experience applying data synthesis, spatial analysis and modelling to food system and aquaculture sustainability. He combines a PhD in Quantitative Marine Science with hands-on program management across academia and NGOs, and is highly proficient in R and collaborative workflows via GitHub. Currently at ABARES with an honorary research role at UQ, he has led interdisciplinary projects from coral reefs to national-scale feed sustainability assessments. Known for clear scientific communication and teaching, he also brings practical field experience and dive-based research coordination that informs his quantitative work.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Quantitative Marine Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Quantitative Marine Science at University of TasmaniaBachelor of Science B.Sc.(Hons), Biology, 1st Class, Bachelor of Science B.Sc.(Hons), Biology, 1st Class at University of SouthamptonMaster of Research M.Res., Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems, Distinction, Master of Research M.Res., Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems, Distinction at University of St. Andrews
Bahasa Malaysia, French
Github Skills (6)
data-repository6
r-package4
taxonomy3
cran1
database1
r1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cottrellr/shocks
May 2018 - Dec 2019
Data repository for the article "Food production shocks across land and sea" in Nature Susatainability
Contributions:74 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
data-repositorynaturefoodlandproduction
cottrellr/flooding_vulnerability
Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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