Saras Windecker
Senior Research Officer at The Kids Research Institute Australia
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolSaras Windecker is a Senior Research Officer with 11 years of experience applying quantitative ecology and research software engineering to infectious disease ecology and modelling. Based in Queensland at The Kids Research Institute Australia, she specializes in operationalising research pipelines and building reproducible tools that bridge ecological theory and public-health forecasting. Her background includes a PhD in Quantitative and Applied Ecology and postdoctoral work on species distribution modelling and forecasting at the University of Melbourne, giving her strong statistical and modelling foundations. Saras combines field‑tested ecological insight—from marine and freshwater research—to inform computational workflows, and she has a track record of turning complex research methods into maintainable software for interdisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad Student, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Study Abroad Student, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at James Cook UniversityThe University of MelbourneMasters of Environmental Studies (MES), Environmental Biology, Masters of Environmental Studies (MES), Environmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania
French, Hebrew, English, Turkish
Github Skills (64)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SORTEE/peer-code-review
Jul 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:3 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
smwindecker/decay
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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