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Bryan R. Vallejo
Geoinformatics
Movement analyticsBryan is a Geographer with a strong curiosity for the geospatial development of cloud solutions focused on Marine Conservation. He is leading the user-centered development of the Wildlife Tracker and its applications. As a MSc in Geoinformatics, he is able to connect diverse resources of satellite-generated geospatial data. Also, he implements the movement algorithm analysis in wildlife tracking data.
He began his journey in the Wildlife Tracker in 2021 as a Geospatial Developer. Thanks to him, the Wildlife Tracker v0.3 was born and ready to be implemented in conservation projects of wildlife and pristine ecosystems.
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Sofia M. Green Iturralde
Marine Biological Resources
Data AnalysisSofia has been working in the Galapagos Islands since 2017 being part of the “Galapagos Whale Shark Project”. She graduated in 2021 as MSc in Marine Biological Resources and continued as a Research Assistant in a diverse range of projects like marine fauna tagging, marine debris (plastics), marine turtles conservation, and marine invasive species.
She has been part of the Wildlife Tracker since 2021 as a Marine Biologist Advisor in the user experience design. Thanks to her, the Wildlife Tracker v0.3 was implemented with Whale Sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve.
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Tran Ngo
Circular Economy
Business AdministrationTran has a passion for sustainability. As a MSc in Environmental Engineering, she is eager to find the balance between economic growth, environmental protection, and social development. She is focused on overcoming the challenge of creating a profitable blue-economy model dedicated to conservation and coastal community development.
She has been part of the Wildlife Tracker since 2021 supporting the business model creation. Thanks to her, the Wildlife Tracker is able to participate in diverse events with organization and professionalism.
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Ederson Enriquez
Content Creation
Ederson believes that the planet needs action to be protected. As Eng. in Graphic Design, he is an advocate for video production for documentaries and adventures mostly engaging topics such as planet earth and environmentalism. He tweaks our marine videos with the main focus on “Wildlife Tracker” use and marine wildlife tagging.
He has been part of Wildlife Tracker since 2021 with Blue Cloud implementation. Thanks to his creativity working in video editing we can show audiovisually the use cases and features of our geo-framework.
Collaborators
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Artyom Makarov
Computer Science
AI & Data streamingArtyom is a Data Scientist, curious about solving real-world problems in fields such as real-time tracking and embedded systems design.
He collaborated with the Wildlife Tracker product design from 2021 until 2022. Thanks to him, the geospatial solutions of Wildlife Tracker were broadly diffused through the website.
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Alessandra Sellini
Marine Biology and Ecology
Ecosystem ModellingAlessandra has a strong belief in science for ocean conservation. She started her career as a graduate MSc in Marine Biology and Ecology in Australia and continued gaining experience in diverse conservation institutions in the Philippines and Italy. Her activities relate to reef monitoring and 3D modeling, cetacean conservation, stakeholder engagement, and communication. She complemented her studies with a Data Science degree and is developing ML and AI algorithms for conservation challenges.
She has collaborated with the Wildlife Tracker since 2022 as a Marine Ecologist and GIS Developer. Thanks to her the species distribution modelling work started aiming to promote a more sustainable planning of marine space.
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Trung Van
AI Practitioner
Trung believes in the social impact of storytelling using the capabilities of AI. His work focuses on delivering science ideas vividly through AI-generated storytelling. He spends time helping organizations visualize their work experiences that are worth public attention, mainly by captivating high-impact scientific facts.
He has collaborated with the Wildlife Tracker success stories since 2023 as an AI Practitioner. Thanks to him we are able to share use cases of Wildlife Tracker through illustrative storytelling.