Ed Baker
Acoustic Biology Researcher at TDWG AudubonCore Maintenance Group
York, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEd Baker is an acoustic biology researcher with 14 years’ experience applying data science and informatics to biodiversity monitoring, specialising in bioacoustics and ecoacoustics. Based at the Natural History Museum in York, he focuses on the soundscapes and acoustic behaviours of Orthoptera and other understudied invertebrates, while shaping standards for media collections. He bridges physics, data science and taxonomy—trained in physics at Imperial College and studying data science at The Open University—to build interoperable infrastructure and curated datasets for long-term biodiversity research. Active in community standards as Convenor of the TDWG AudubonCore Maintenance Group and as assistant editor for the Phasmida SpeciesFile, he combines field-focused natural history curation with computational methods to reveal cryptic vocal behaviours. Notably, his work emphasizes underrepresented taxa and the practical systems needed to make acoustic data reusable across institutions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science at The Open UniversityBsc, Physics, Bsc, Physics at Imperial College London
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Github Skills (61)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
audioblast/api.audioblast.org
Nov 2020 - Jun 2026
API for audioBLAST!
Contributions:50 PRs, 409 pushes, 21 branches in 5 years 7 months
apiacousticssoundscapesaudiobioacoustics
Wildlife-Systems/docs.wildlife.systems
Aug 2022 - Jan 2026
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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