Ben Letcher
Director at Freelance
Montague, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Letcher is a seasoned aquatic ecologist and quantitative modeler who combines field data, statistical rigor, and interactive visualization to tackle conservation challenges. Based in Montague, Massachusetts, he spent three decades at USGS as a Senior Ecologist before transitioning to Freelance Director to expand collaborative, data-driven projects. He champions data systems that connect databases, models, and visualization products, and he builds creative web applications (seen in projects like westbrookdataviz and ecosheds) to translate complex ecological data for practitioners and policymakers. He is actively incorporating AI/ML into workflows to estimate stream flow in small streams and to develop algorithms for individual fish identification. He holds a BA in Biology from Trinity College, an MS in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography from URI, and a PhD in Zoology and statistics from NC State, underscoring a robust quantitative foundation. His work reflects a rare blend of ecological insight, data engineering, and user-focused visualization.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Zoology and statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Zoology and statistics at North Carolina State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Master of Science - MS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at University of Rhode IslandBachelor's degree, Biology, Bachelor's degree, Biology at Trinity College-Hartford
Github Skills (9)
static-site5
markdown4
python3
konva3
static-site-generator2
data-visualization2
visualization2
data-visualizations2
visualizations2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bletcher/fronkonstin-d3
May 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 8 pushes in 5 years 2 months
Conte-Ecology/westBrookData
Dec 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 9 years
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