Ed Baker
I am an interdisciplinary researcher investigating how technology can be used to monitor biodiversity, in particular using bioacoustic and ecoacoustic approaches.
Welcome
I currently work on the Urban Nature Project at the Natural History Museum, London. I formerly worked in the Deprtment of Electronic Engineering at the University of York (Leverhulme funded Automated Acoustic Observatories project) and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
Current projects
Urban Nature Project: monitoring and understanding urban biodiversity in the UK
WildlifeSystems: devices for monitoring biodiversity as part of large, dense sensor networks
BioAcoustica: repository for bioacoustic data
audioBlast!: discovering and searching of bioacoustic and ecoacoustic datasets
R bioacoustics tools
SonicScrewdriveR: multi-tool for bioacoustic analysis and visualisation in R
tdsc: time-domain signal coding in R
zcjs-r: visualise zero-crossing files in R and Shiny using the zcjs library
Publications
Google Scholar: scientific papers and reports
Medium: longer form writing
Blog: shorter articles
Roles and responsibilities
Convenor TDWG AudubonCore Maintenance Group
Vice-chair (Phasmida) IUCN Grasshopper Specialist Group
Science Committee Lyme Regis Fossil Festival