Orlando Timmerman

University of Cambridge

Supervisor: Dr Oscar Branson

Quantitative meta-analysis of calcification rates under climate change; habitat and species distribution modelling using global climatologies; cutting-edge remote sensing of shallow-water ecosystems; data accessibility and campaigning for FAIR practices.

University of Cambridge

First Class Honours with Distinction

Predicting hurricane damage using multimodal machine learning; pilot project of learning relationship between environmental data and distribution of coral reefs of the eastern coast of Australia.

University of Bristol

First Class Honours with Distinction • 86% Average • Norman Thompson Project Prize for best final-year project in the cohort

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

• • Fully-qualified American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Scientific Diver

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

• • Applied physical and machine learning models to map fractional cover of shallow-water benthic ecosystems
• • Utilized high-resolution hyperspectral aerial imagery for ecosystem mapping
• • Developed novel approaches for marine habitat classification

Oxehealth

• • Improved machine learning classification and localisation capability through data augmentation
• • Conducted analysis of product performance across the company's clients
• • Investigated edge cases and model robustness in healthcare applications

Blue Season Bali Career Development Centre

• • Organised and led diving expeditions as a qualified PADI Divemaster
• • Gained hands-on experience with marine ecosystems and conservation
• • Developed leadership and safety management skills

Academic Tutor

Downing College Cambridge

Teaching planetary physics and climate change for ages 15-18

Supervision

University of Cambridge

Leading small group sessions (up to 3 students) for Quantitative Environmental Science (second-year undergraduate) and Data Science and Advanced Machine Learning (MRes)

Demonstration

University of Cambridge

Part II Computing for Earth Sciences (third-year undergraduate) and Quantitative Environmental Science. Facilitating coding improvement and translating physical concepts into code