Fabrice Jaine
Principal Science Officer at Macquarie University
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Top SchoolFabrice Jaine is Principal Science Officer for Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System, leading national efforts to sustain and deliver marine biological and physical observations with a strong emphasis on Open/FAIR data and collaborative science. He combines nine years of applied research and program leadership with deep technical skills in spatial animal ecology, biophysical oceanography and Big Data Science to inform marine resource management. Fabrice has overseen a national animal telemetry network and a 13-year tracking database of over 100 million records, and led the development of the remora R toolkit to integrate ecological and oceanographic datasets. As a conjoint lecturer he supervises postgraduate students and teaches animal tracking analytics, bridging academic training with large-scale infrastructure delivery. His background includes hands-on telemetry engineering for diverse taxa and contributions to high-profile, multi-institutional studies on manta rays and elasmobranchs. Based in Hobart, he is known for turning complex observational systems into accessible, reusable data products that drive national-scale science and policy.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Spatial Animal Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Spatial Animal Ecology at The University of QueenslandBachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Environmental Science at SKEMA BachelorsBachelor of Environmental Science, Marine Ecology and Biophysical Oceanography, Bachelor of Environmental Science, Marine Ecology and Biophysical Oceanography at SKEMA Business School
English, French, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
extraction9
marine8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aodn/IMOS-hackathon
May 2024 - Jul 2026
Code emerging from the 2024 AODN Hackathon
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
fjaine/github-slideshow
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
A robot powered training repository :robot:
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
roboticsrosrobottraining
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