Hi all! My #introduction:

I'm a computational ecologist interested in disease dynamics (#DisEcol!), zoonotic spillover, spatiotemporal processes and the intersection of mechanistic models, Bayes + ML. I work at EcoHealth Alliance, an NGO focused on the links between conservation + health.

I do a fair bit of #rstats and lead a project at @rOpenSci facilitating peer-review of scientific software.

I'm Brooklyn-based, and will sometimes toot about local #NYC politics, #cycling and #bikepacking.

#introduction 👋

I'm Ian, I work as a data scientist in industry, focused on visualization.

My favorite visualization tools are ggplot2, Vega-Lite, and Observable Plot. The siren song that draws me in: pondering how libraries are designed. For me, it's fascinating how each of these implementations of the grammar of graphics differs, making some things easier and others harder.

Another siren song is color design for visualization. Coming to realize there is no victory, only compromise.