Pryson R

I've supported marine biodiversity research at Dakshin Foundation by curating fisheries data, monitoring elasmobranch sampling and identification, and creating species-distribution visualizations from FMFO datasets.

I conducted participatory mapping across Palk Bay and digitized community-derived resource and habitat maps in QGIS to inform regional marine conservation planning. At the Ecological Science Lab, IISc Bangalore, I annotated benthic survey images in CoralNet, transcribed BRUVs footage for fish identification, and contributed to a Benthic Identification Handbook.

My background in Mathematics and Statistics helps me apply data analysis, statistical modeling, spatial mapping, and visualization to environmental monitoring and biodiversity studies.

I've also worked with Pathos Communication on web scraping, data cleaning, contact-data organization, and email suppression lists. I'm driven by using data to support effective and sustainable conservation efforts.