Biography
Recent graduate student from Utrecht University, studying Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences, with diverse interests including improving psychological research methods as well as improving statistics, data science and data related communication.
Previous and current projects include comparing machine learning techniques for early PTSD prognosis trauma, introductory data science courses provided for the Office for National Statistics and developing content for improving skills training to disadvantaged groups.
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Interests
- Data Science & Programming Education
- Data Visualization
- Psychological Research Methods
- Machine Learning
Education
MSc in Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences, 2021
Utrecht University, NL
Msci in Psychological Theory and Practice, 2019
University of Reading, UK
Employment
Research Assistant
Academic Medical Centre
Responsibilities include:
- Database Cleaning & Management
- Data Simulation
- Thesis Related work
Summer Research Assistant
Office for National Statistics
Department: Macroeconomics; Prices Division
Project:
- Alternative Data Sources Project relating to the weighting within the current Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Development of a RShiny Application, with interactive visualization, for the project listed.
Student Research Assistant
Utrecht University
Projects Included:
- Replication in Psychological Sciences, Transcription Work; Hidde Leplaa
- Undergraduate Course Preparation and Webmaster: Applied Data Science and Visualization; Emmeke Aarts
- Reference Information Collection for Eurofund Project; Peter Lugtig
- Undergraduate Psychology Lecture Translation; Irene Klugkist
- Unibuddy Course Ambassador
Head of Theatre Sound
French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Main Stage Sound Technican, for all shows (>30) and events in that venue
- Team Leader for Sound Staff across 5 venues
- Sound technology management across venues, and for all camp wide events
- Management and Co-ordination of high teaching standards for technical theatre studies
Accomplishments
Grammar and Effective Writing
Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader Training
Peer Support Training
Resources
These are free and open-source educational resources delivered to the organizations listed.
Follow the title link to access the resources published through this site, and available on Github
Introduction to R Studio
Topics Covered:
- Visual Introduction to the R Studio Visual Interface
- Content in Development
Data in R, an introduction to Data Manipulation and Cleaning
Topics Covered:
- Theoretical and practical overview of Data Cleaning & Manipulation methods
- Selecting, Manipulating and Transforming Data
- Identification and Removal of Missing Data
Introduction to Machine Learning - Tree-Based Models
Topics Covered:
- Theoretical and practical overview of Tree-Based Models
- The Use of Decision Trees for classification and regression problems
- Interpretation and Evaluation of Simple (unpruned) models
Data Visualisation for Business 2: Plots for Publication
Topics Covered:
- Specifying and Adapting the graphical space with ggplot2
- Understanding the flexibility of ggplot2 and how to utilize it in producing publishable content
- Creative Thinking and Problem Solving regarding coding
Introduction to Data Visualization in R for Business Informatics 1
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to the Tidyverse in R
- Comparative Plotting in R
- Basics of ggplot2 (Core Functions, Layers and plot types)
- Application using Business Data
Introduction to Data Visualization in R for Research
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to the Tidyverse in R
- Comparative Plotting in R
- Use of ggplot2 (Core Functions, Layers and plot types)
- Application with Research Data
- Publication for Scientific Journals
aRt in R
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to the Tidyverse in R
- Basics of visualization techniques with ggplot2
- Creative Coding and application in Mathematical functions
- Creative Thinking and Problem Solving regarding coding
Portfolio
These are examples of the work I have completed, and skills I have developed.
Machine Learning Foundations for Non-programmers
Traffic Accident Dashboard
RShiny Dashboard, providing a visual illustration of the location of a sample of traffic accidents, from the open-access USA Accident Database.
Packages Use:
- Shiny & Semantic Shiny
- Semantic Dashboard
- Tidyverse
- Plotly & Leaflet
Applied Data Science and Visualization Course Website
RBookdown website, developed for the Utrecht University course: Applied Data Science and Visualisation Course.
Packages Use:
- R-Bookdown
- Github & Netlify Deployment
- Hugo Theme: Learn