Mario F Hernandez

Data Analysis | Data Science | Biodiversity | environmental DNA

Plainfield, NJ

About Me

Research Analyst at the Rutgers eDNA Lab under Julie Lockwood. I handle the analysis of laboratory data and distill the results into visualizations, tables, and writings that paint a clearer picture…most of the time.

I love being able to tell a data set’s story and get high on learning new things (especially if it’s computational).

In my spare time, I like going fishing, brewing good coffee (I try not to be weird about it), and playing fetch with Capitan, my mischievous corgi.

Skills

Programming Languages • R | Python | SQL

Tools and Packages RStudio | SQLite | TidyVerse | ggPlot | NumPy | pandas | Matplotlib | seaborn | Excel

Statistical Techniques • ANOVA | Linear Regression | Categorical Data Analysis | Principal Components Analysis | Frequentist and Bayesian Inference

Spoken Languages • English (Primary) | Spanish (Fluent)

Mario holding a guitarfish in a boat.
Mario and his corgi standing on a wooden bridge in a forest.

Projects

  • Are there any patterns in the type and use of certain plastics across each of the Great Lakes?

    Capstone project during my time at Correlation One's Data Science for All | Empowerment program.

  • Is there a trend between a fish’s total length and the way they use their habitat?

    Research done as a PhD student at LSU. Won 2nd Best Presentation at the 2017 Coast & Estuarine Research Foundation Conference.

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