Remko Duursma
Data Scientist
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorRemko Duursma is a Research Statistician and seasoned data scientist with 13 years of experience spanning academia and private industry. Based in Almere, Netherlands, he leads data-driven, full-stack development projects, turning messy raw data into clean databases, geospatial analyses, and interactive dashboards using R and Shiny. His work blends ecological modelling with software engineering, from predictive forest carbon and water-use models to scalable data applications and training programs. He has led teams and implemented agile workflows at Shintō Labs and is currently at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, while also delivering trainings for public and private organizations. Earlier in his career at Western Sydney University, he built widely adopted R tools and the hiercourse training program that sells out across Australia. He holds a PhD in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho and an MSc in Forestry from Wageningen University, underscoring a strong foundation in quantitative science and environmental data.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (102)
tidyverse10
r-language10
tidy10
dplyr10
missing-data10
r-package10
tidymodels10
modeling10
r9
shiny9
regression-models9
cimg9
rstudio9
statistics8
reactive8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RemkoDuursma/gmindatabase
Jun 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
RemkoDuursma/speciesmap
Nov 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:40 commits, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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