Dr Jacob Socolar
Director, NBS
Dr Jacob Socolar 's interests
Bayesian statistics
Biodiversity
Biomass sampling
Carbon mapping
Causal inference
Co-benefits
Conservation science
Data science
Field scientist
Forest carbon
Geostatistics
Geospatial sciences
GIS
Machine learning
Mathematics
Remote sensing
Nature-Based Solutions
Forestry
Dr Jacob Socolar is a conservation scientist and applied statistician whose work spans biodiversity responses to human impacts, statistical techniques for the analysis of large-scale biodiversity inventory data, and the quantification and baselining of forest carbon.
Before joining BeZero, Jacob worked at NCX to evaluate and improve forest carbon baselines and to identify high quality landowners for enrollment in carbon offset projects. His previous academic work focused on large-scale biodiversity responses to land use and climate, combining extensive fieldwork and cutting-edge statistical development.
Education
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Postdoctoral Research Associate, looking at large scale macro-demographics of North American landbirds
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Postdoctoral Research Associate, looking at large-scale responses of Colombian birds to land use change
University of Connecticut, Postdoctoral Research Associate, looking at responses of North American birds to climate change
Princeton University, PhD candidate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, looking at responses of Amazonian birds to land-use change
Research associations
Community leader at the Stan project discourse, https://discourse.mc-stan.org/
Voting member, Comité de Registros de Aves Peruanos (Peruvian bird records committee)
eBird regional reviewer for Perú and parts of Colombia
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