My name is Aaron Berdanier

(he/him) I'm a full-stack data scientist who works on AI assistance and intelligence augmentation.

I do contract work for small teams to apply AI and machine learning to human-centered problems. I'm especially interested in structured data extraction and syntheic data generation. Example projects include:

  • Parsing inbound sales emails to help salespeople target certain leads
  • Identifying key findings in scientific articles to support literature search
  • Synthesizing employee feedback to identify company trends
  • Matching clients with providers that share criteria to improve patient care
  • Writing natural language summaries of scientific experiment outcomes to help researchers interpret the results
Check out ✨ Generative Glitter. I also work at flyExclusive to optimize charter flights, including predicting flight times and forecasting demand.

Previously, I was a product manager, helping to build analytics products at Dude Solutions and data and software products for on-demand public transit at TransLoc. Before moving into product management, I was a data scientist at TransLoc developing simulation tools for public transit planning.

I have a background in environmental statistics and I've worked on a range of topics throughout my career. Large projects include building data infrastructure for an international stream monitoring network at Duke University, analyzing global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions at Colorado State University with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and teaching undergraduate courses at both Duke University and Beloit College.

I was a fellow at The Data Incubator, where I built classification models to predict tree cover over houses with satellite remote sensing data, and I received a PhD in Ecology from Duke University, where I used Bayesian state-space models to understand tree water use and predict forest responses to drought. My academic work is published in multiple peer-reviewed journals.

I live in Durham, NC. In my personal time I enjoy long-distance running on mountain trails and watching movies with my partner.

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