Simon Rolph
Data Scientist
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Rolph is a data scientist and statistical ecologist with a decade of experience applying data-driven methods to biodiversity monitoring and conservation. Based at UKCEH, he builds scalable geospatial and modelling pipelines (including containerised R services on JASMIN) to run species distribution models for hundreds of taxa and to enable adaptive sampling and citizen science at large scales. He led an experiment with 850+ participants testing personalised “data story” emails to change volunteer behaviour and co-designs engagement with citizen scientists, blending social insight with technical delivery. His work spans machine learning for acoustic bird ID, automated digital twins for biodiversity, and practical deployments for partners such as Network Rail and regional Wildlife Trusts. Trained to PhD level in statistical ecology, he combines rigorous research methods with production-ready software practices to turn complex ecological problems into actionable monitoring systems.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistical Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistical Ecology at The University of SheffieldBachelor's degree, Conservation Biology and Ecology, 1st Class, Bachelor's degree, Conservation Biology and Ecology, 1st Class at University of Exeter
German, French, English
Github Skills (53)
r-package10
r10
data-visualisation10
grammar10
biodiversity9
traits9
rails-app9
data-visualization9
data-handling9
taxonomy8
spatial8
api8
vector8
terra8
theano7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Spandex-at-Exeter/demography_database
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:170 commits, 114 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
pythonflaskflask-webcompanionweb-development
simonrolph/simpopmods
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 2 months
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