Rocío Joo
Data Scientist
Mexico
Summary
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Top SchoolRocío Joo is a data scientist and statistician with nine years of experience applying advanced statistical and signal-processing methods to fisheries, seabird movement, and oceanographic data across the Humboldt Current System. Currently at Global Fishing Watch, she blends ecological domain expertise with quantitative skills developed during postdoctoral and research roles at institutions like the University of Florida, IFREMER and IMARPE. Her work spans satellite- and acoustic-derived datasets, movement ecology, and sampling design, and she has contributed to R movement tools and neural-network approaches for detecting fishing operations. Comfortable in multidisciplinary teams, she bridges statisticians, ecologists and oceanographers to turn noisy environmental data into actionable insights. She holds a PhD in Numerical Ecology from Université Montpellier 2 and brings a practical mix of method development and operational monitoring experience.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biostatistics, Mathematics, Statistics and Applications, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biostatistics, Mathematics, Statistics and Applications at Montpellier SupAgroBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Statistics, Statistics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Statistics, Statistics Engineering at Universidad Nacional de IngenieríaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Numerical ecology, Ecosystems, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Numerical ecology, Ecosystems at Université Montpellier 2
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (24)
r-package10
fishing10
r9
cran6
markov6
variable-selection6
state-space5
hidden5
missing-data5
interpretable-machine-learning4
r-programming4
stochastic-processes3
statsmodels3
las2
probabilistic-models2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GlobalFishingWatch/forcedlabor
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
rociojoo/mov-eco-review
Jan 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 73 commits, 37 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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