Ed Baker
I am an interdisciplinary researcher investigating how technology can be used to monitor biodiversity, in particular using bioacoustic and ecoacoustic approaches.
Latest publications
Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK
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Welcome
I am currently an Acoustic Biology Researcher at Natural History Museum, London, working on the Urban Nature Project. I formerly worked in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York (Leverhulme funded Automated Acoustic Observatories project and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
🦗.fm - my work on museum sound collections and the bioacoustics of Orthoptera.
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
Data management tools
ontomasticon: simple, lightweight ontology and glossary server
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
Editor Phasmid Studies
Science Committee Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
Teaching
MSc Taxonomy, Biodiversity & Evolution (Imperial College and Natural History Museum)
MSc Ecology & Data Science (University College London and Natural History Museum)