Sonia Mitchell
Research Software Engineer For Open Science Methods And Applications
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSonia Mitchell is a Research Software Engineer specializing in open science methods, bringing a decade of experience at the intersection of data science, software development, and academia. With a PhD in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology and an MSc in Bioengineering, she translates complex research questions into reproducible, production-ready code and tooling. Her career spans postdoctoral roles at the University of Glasgow and current work at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, where she focuses on making scientific workflows more open and robust. Earlier experience designing curricula and teaching English in Korea highlights strong communication and materials-development skills that complement her technical work. Known for pragmatic data analysis and a commitment to reproducibility, she thrives on bridging domain science with scalable software practices.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental and Evolutionary Biology at Glasgow UniversityBioengineering, MSc, Distinction, Bioengineering, MSc, Distinction at University of Strathclyde
Github Skills (35)
r-package10
r10
biodiversity10
data-pipeline10
julia8
meta-analysis8
ecology7
quarto7
shiny6
spatial-data6
data-vizualisation5
command-line-interface5
data-repository4
reproducible-research4
reproducible-science4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ScottishCovidResponse/hugo_source_files
Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
When pushes are made to this repository, a GitHub actions workflow automatically deploys source files to the website
Contributions:10 reviews, 4 PRs, 200 pushes in 9 months
githubaction-workflow
FAIRDataPipeline/DataPipeline.jl
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
Julia implementation of the FAIR Data Pipeline API
Contributions:267 commits, 19 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 months
data-pipelinejulia
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