Roger Burks
Entomologist Writer
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoger Burks is an entomologist and science communicator who translates complex biological problems into accessible visual and technological solutions, drawing on over two decades studying Chalcidoidea systematics. With a PhD in Entomology and roles at UC Riverside, USDA, and the FDA, he blends fieldwork, specimen photography and stacked imaging, database design, web development, and scripting to advance taxonomy and education. He now augments his toolkit with JavaScript and AI to create immersive visual learning that leverages human cognitive patterns and neurodiversity-aware approaches. A pragmatic collaborator, he has maintained international research resources such as private character matrices for Tree of Life projects and routinely supervises and trains students to scale specialist knowledge.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of Arkansas at Pine BluffDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Entomology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Entomology at University of California, Riverside
Github Skills (20)
describe10
taxonomy10
paradox-interactive10
nomenclature10
evolution10
biodiversity10
traits10
ecology9
biodiversity-informatics9
bioinformatics9
collections9
ruby7
workbench6
historical4
vite1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chalcid/ucd_website
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Public facing website for https://ucd.chalcid.org
Contributions:210 PRs, 228 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
rogerburks/biorealmsTest3
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 23 pushes, 4 branches in 19 days
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