I am a marine scientist from Ecuador living in Hobart/nipaluna, Australia. I am completing a PhD on a part-time basis at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. My project focuses on assessing the suitability of using a high resolution sea ice-ocean coupled model (ACCESS-OM2-01) to study the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean ecosystems 🐧🐳 I also work as a Research Assistant / Data Scientist for the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP). FishMIP brings together over 100 marine ecosystem modellers from around the planet with the aim of improving our understanding of the influence of environmental factors and fishing effort on ocean biomass and catches. My work at FishMIP involves the development of scientific software to help modellers and the general public access data with ease. Additionally, I am also involved in the development of the Dynamic Benthic Pelagic Model (DBPM), which is part of the FishMIP ensemble. The DBPM code is publicly accessible here.
I used to work with the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program Data Management System (RIMReP DMS) project at Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) developing scripts and delivering training showing how to use the DMS to other researchers. I previously worked as a shark researcher in the Galapagos 🦈🐠, as a environmental consultant in Perth, as a programming trainer online, and as a freelance data scientist. Over the years, I have been involved in a few publications and you can find them here.
I am a Python and R progammer and I really enjoying writing scripts and help others develop their own. I am a certified Carpentries instructor, and I am often involved in the organisation and delivery of workshops and hackathons in Australia and Latin America, including OceanHackWeek. My main motivation behind this involvement is to learn from other marine researchers and share my knowledge with others.
Who am I?
- 🔭 My PhD focuses on developing best practices in the use of ocean models to answer ecological questions, such as estimating the distribution of species or assessing the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. This project focuses on the Southern Ocean, the smallest ocean on Earth, but one that has an inmense impact on the Earth's systems. The first chapter is already published (access it here), the second chapter will be publish in late 2025 (see abstract here), and the third chapter is nearing completion.
- 🌐 As part of my work for FishMIP, I was one of the main developers of Shiny apps directed at marine ecosystem modellers and policy makers.
- 🌱 I’m currently learning about marine ecosystem model evaluation.
- 🤓 This year I was asked to review a scientific paper for the very first time.
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on projects studying the effect of climate change on ecosystems (if sharks 🦈 are involved even better). I am also interested in working in any projects related to open science, particularly if directed to Spanish speakers.
- 💬 Ask me about how to make nice plots with
ggplot2(this is by far my favorite package), or how to find environmental data (observations or models) for ecological research. - 📖 If you are interested in reading any of my publications and you cannot access them, contact me, and I will be more than happy to share them.
- 📫 How to reach me: email.
- 😄 Pronouns: she/her
- ⚡ Fun facts: I am a massive dog lover ❤🐕 and I am competent at many sports (running, swimming, cycling, climbing, free- and scuba-diving, kayaking, boxing), but I do not excel at any of them 😅
El español es mi primer idioma, así que si quieren colaborar, tienen preguntas sobre mi trabajo o tienen algún proyecto interesante, no duden en escribirme.