Sophia Ratcliffe
Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
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Top SchoolSophia Ratcliffe is a research scientist and data analyst with over a decade of experience turning complex biological and environmental data into actionable scientific insights and policy-ready evidence. Her work spans postdoctoral research in ecosystem biogeochemistry and long-term catchment monitoring to strategic data stewardship as former NBN Atlas Data Manager for one of the world’s largest public biodiversity platforms. She combines hands-on technical skills—database design, reusable R pipelines, spatial data harmonisation—with stakeholder engagement and clear science communication to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. Sophia has a rare blend of academic rigour (PhD in Plant Ecology from Imperial College) and applied software/database development experience from early career roles as a .NET developer and team lead. She has spent more than a decade collaborating remotely with international scientists and developers, enabling reproducible, quality-controlled data flows across large consortia. Colleagues rely on her for translating messy, multi-source datasets into robust analyses that inform long-term environmental monitoring and decision making.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Plant Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Plant Ecology at Imperial College LondonBachelor's degree Ecology, Bachelor's degree Ecology at King's College London
Spanish
Github Skills (7)
biodiversity-informatics8
bioinformatics8
darwin6
jekyll6
pelican4
r-package1
portal1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tdwg/how-did-it-die
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:73 commits, 72 pushes, 3 comments in 1 year 8 months
nbnuk/nbnatlas-issues
Jul 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:791 comments, 566 issues in 4 years 7 months
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