Shyam Thomas
Geospatial Data Manager & Analyst
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolShyam Thomas is a geospatial data manager and analyst with over a decade of experience applying spatial ecology and ecological modeling to conservation challenges across academia and nonprofit sectors. He combines advanced skills in R, ArcGIS/ESRI cloud tools, PostgreSQL, and reproducible code management to design geospatial data systems, dashboards, and decision-ready analyses that inform land and aquatic conservation. His work spans invasive species forecasting, mercury pollution mapping, and large-scale pest outbreak modeling, and he has secured more than $100K in research funding while publishing peer-reviewed studies. Based in Minneapolis, he leads multi-office data management efforts at The Nature Conservancy and is notable for translating complex climate-model outputs and big spatial datasets into actionable conservation tools and web apps.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Iowa State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Botany/Plant Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Botany/Plant Biology at St. Xavier's CollegeMaster's degree, Botany/Plant Ecology, Master's degree, Botany/Plant Ecology at Oklahoma State University
Hindi, Telugu, MalayalamProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ShyamThomas/TestingGrowthDilution_UsingMixedModels
Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
TestingGrowthDilution_mixed-effects models
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
testingmixed-effects-modelsmixed-effects
ShyamThomas/Watermilfoil_RF_SDMs
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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