Shandiya Balasubramaniam

As the Decision Support Program Lead at the Atlas of Living Australia, my work focuses on streamlining reproducible pathways for accessing and analysing open data. When I’m not coding for work or looking at birds, I enjoy making art in R. Once upon a time I was an academic.

Experience

Board Observer, The Observership Program (2024)

Data Analyst, Atlas of Living Australia (2022-present)

Senior Geospatial Data Analyst, Environment Protection Authority Victoria (2021)

Associate Data Analyst, Environment Protection Authority Victoria (2020)

Ian Potter Biodiversity Research Fellow, Museums Victoria (2016-2020)

Education

PhD, University of Melbourne (2016)
Thesis: Evolution and ecology of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in south-eastern Australian passerines

BSc (Hons), University of Melbourne (2007)