Rob Cooke
Ecological Modeller at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRob Cooke is a Senior Ecologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer with a decade of experience applying ecological modelling and biodiversity science to conservation policy and practice. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton where he analysed global mammal and bird diversity, and has combined academic research roles (postdoc at Gothenburg) with applied conservation work (IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group at Marwell Wildlife). At UKCEH he progressed from ecological modeller to senior ecologist, translating complex demographic and spatial analyses into evidence for management and policy. Based in South Oxfordshire, he bridges rigorous quantitative methods and field-informed conservation, with a track record of turning biodiversity data into actionable insights. Notably, his career blends hands-on species conservation with large-scale comparative research—an uncommon mix that informs both practical interventions and broader ecological understanding.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MRes, Wildlife Conservation, Distinction, MRes, Wildlife Conservation, Distinction at University of Southampton
Github Skills (18)
r-package7
variable-selection3
extrapolation3
ecology2
modeling2
occupancy2
biodiversity2
meta-analysis2
predictive-modeling2
warehouse1
python1
interpolation1
coverage1
econometrics1
statistical-inference1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
03rcooke/hyper_pca
Dec 2018 - Jul 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
03rcooke/sparta
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Species Presence/Absence R Trends Analyses
Contributions:1 PR, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
trendsabsenceanalyses
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