Andrew Schwenke

  • Quantitative ecologist and software developer. I like to work on software and data solutions that can solve environmental challenges and support research.

  • Over ten years of experience with the R programming language. I excel in using data to uncover insights into systems, such as environmental effects on animal behaviours and species distributions.

  • My current focus is expanding my skill set by learning computer science and different tech stacks, including Go, Typescript, React + Django + PostgreSQL stack, and Ruby.

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Serra do Cipó, Brazil

Serra do Cipó, Brazil

Skills

Programming Languages

Tools and Frameworks

Git, UNIX/Linux terminal, Jupyter, Quarto, R Shiny, QGIS, Docker, CI/CD, Nextflow, Jira, \(\LaTeX\)

Languages

English (native), Portuguese (proficient)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Ecology
Feb 2017 - Jun 2022

Thesis title: Evolution of intra and intersexual signalling in two species of frogs in the Litoria lesueuri species group.

Master of Applied Science by Research - Ecology
Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

Thesis title: Riparian vegetation condition influences movement and microhabitat use by Mixophyes fasciolatus in South East Queensland.

Bachelor of Applied Science - Ecology and Environmental Science (Distinction)
2012 - 2014

Publications

  • Lemon D., Fitch P., and Schwenke A. (2024). A Data Assessment Framework for Data Users. CSIRO, Australia

  • Kellie, D., Kar, F., Balasubramaniam, S., Schneider, M., Schwenke, A., Torresan, 0., Waite, C., Fenker, J., Westgate, M. (2024). Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R. (Version 0.1.0). https://atlasoflivingaustralia.github.io/cleaning_data/)

  • Clemens, R., Schwenke, A., Bayraktarov, E. and Laffan, S.W. (2023) The sensitivity of species distribution models to new data and the utility of putting uncertainty on the map. 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, https://doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2023.clemens

  • Harris, Colin, Bromley, Emma, Clarke, Linda K., Kay, Bianca J., Schwenke, Andrew C., & Clarke, Anthony R. (2022) Conservation biological control of the fruit fly parasitoid Fopiusa arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Austral Entomology, 61(3), pp. 340-349.

Presentations and Posters

Poster presentation: Advertisement call variation in Litoria wilcoxii and L. jungguy.
2022
  • Schwenke, A., D. Hurwood & S. Fuller. Ecoacoustics Symposium, Brisbane, QLD.
Speed talk: Evolution of acoustic communication in two species of frogs in the Litoria lesueuri
species group
2020
  • Schwenke, A., D. Hurwood & S. Fuller. Ecological Society of Australia. Online.
Poster presentation: Evolution of intra and intersexual signalling in the Litoria lesueuri
species group.
2018
  • Schwenke, A., D. Hurwood & S. Fuller. Australian Society of Herpetologists. Kindilan, QLD.