Tyler Clavelle
Senior Data Scientist
Burlington, Vermont, United States
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Top SchoolTyler Clavelle is a Senior Data Scientist based in Burlington, Vermont with a decade of experience applying data science to fisheries, marine conservation, and coastal resource management. At Global Fishing Watch he progressed from Data Scientist to Senior Data Scientist, translating remote sensing and mobility data into actionable insights for sustainable fisheries and ocean governance. His background blends rigorous environmental science training (M.S. in Coastal Marine Resources Management) with field-tested ecological research—from shark nursery studies to ecosystem service valuation for marine protected areas—giving him uncommon fluency across fieldwork, economics, and analytics. Tyler is skilled at turning complex ecological and socio-economic problems into reproducible data products and policy-relevant evidence, often bridging the gap between academic research and operational conservation practice.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology & Economics, 3.58, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology & Economics, 3.58 at Bucknell UniversityMaster of Environmental Science and Management, Coastal Marine Resources Management, Master of Environmental Science and Management, Coastal Marine Resources Management at Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
Github Skills (37)
r-package10
fishing10
r9
eco6
tidyr5
machine-learning5
visualization5
network-graph4
hugo4
graph4
mixed-models4
dplyr4
linear-models4
predictive4
imagery4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
GlobalFishingWatch/AIS-disabling-high-seas
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Repository for code supporting Welch et. al. (2022) "Hotspots of unseen fishing vessels"
Contributions:2 releases, 43 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 6 months
hotspotsunseenmachine-learningfishingsupporting
GlobalFishingWatch/gfwr
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
R package for accessing data from Global Fishing Watch APIs
Contributions:1 release, 10 reviews, 45 commits in 10 months
r-packagerapi-wrapperglobal-fishing-watchrstats
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