Whalen Dillon - Quantitative Analyst

Whalen Dillon

Quantitative Analyst

Greater Asheville United States

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Whalen Dillon is a quantitative analyst with 11 years of experience applying statistical, geospatial, and ecological modeling to real-world plant and forest health problems. Currently supporting USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine field operations, he blends rigorous PhD-level research in forestry and landscape epidemiology with hands-on data collection and project management. His background spans university research, postdoctoral work, and consulting roles where he built reproducible analyses using R, GIS tools, and database management to translate complex spatial data into actionable management guidance. Known for coordinating field crews and curating long-term ecological datasets, he pairs technical modeling skills with practical experience in vegetation assessment and disturbance ecology. Based in Greater Asheville, he brings a rare mix of deep quantitative expertise and field-hardened intuition for ecological dynamics.

11 years of coding experience

9 years of employment as a software developer

Geography, 4.0, Geography, 4.0 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Forestry and Environmental Resources, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Forestry and Environmental Resources, 4.0 at North Carolina State University

B.S., Biology, Ecology, B.S., Biology, Ecology at The Evergreen State College

Github Skills (25)

sem10

structural-equation-modeling9

equation8

modeling6

h36

geography5

geospatial5

wfs5

wps5

stable5

ecology4

geotools4

data-management4

gis4

Programming languages (2)

RHTML

Github contributions (5)

whalend/bivens_burn

Mar 2018 - Jan 2022

Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months

whalend/SERDP_Project

Mar 2017 - Jan 2024

Contributions:5 PRs, 307 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 11 months

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