// Team

The people behind
EcoViewer

EcoViewer is developed by a small team of researchers and engineers, with support from the Global Ecology Lab at James Cook University, Australia.

// Core Team

The EcoViewer
team

The core technical team behind the EcoViewer platform — responsible for the application architecture, data pipelines, Earth Engine integration, and ecological methodology.

William Masson

William Masson

Research Software Engineer

Contributed to EcoViewer through software engineering, data infrastructure, and the development of this website.

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Dhruv Narayan

Dhruv Narayan

Biodiversity Data Scientist

Contributed to EcoViewer with a focus on biodiversity data, building the GBIF pipeline and supporting the project's data infrastructure.

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Rebecca Saunders

Rebecca Saunders

Remote Sensing Ecologist

Contributed to EcoViewer with deep Earth Engine expertise, shaping the platform's overall architecture and remote sensing workflows.

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Ben Steer

Ben Steer

Remote Sensing Ecologist

Contributed to EcoViewer's development with remote sensing expertise, shaping the environmental layers and the ecosystem indicator species methodology.

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// With support from

Global Ecology
Lab

EcoViewer was developed within the Global Ecology Lab at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. The lab develops and applies cutting-edge analytical techniques to environmental data to advance conservation of at-risk species and ecosystems worldwide.

We are grateful to the entire Global Ecology Lab team for their help and support throughout the development of EcoViewer. In particular, Robert Canto, Tess Harmer, and Allison Lynn contributed as early users and testers of the platform, providing invaluable feedback and ideas that helped shape the tool. Special thanks to Nicholas Murray, Tom Lloyd, and Alys Young for their guidance, expertise, and continued encouragement.

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Global Ecology Lab

Global Ecology Lab

James Cook University · Townsville, Australia

Led by Professor Nicholas Murray, the Global Ecology Lab is based in the College of Science and Engineering at JCU. The lab works at the interface of ecology, technology, and conservation biology, with ongoing research focused on ecosystem dynamics and species conservation worldwide.

Focus Ecosystem dynamics & species conservation
Base James Cook University, Australia
Approach Open-source tools & global-scale analysis
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// Acknowledgements

With thanks
for their support

EcoViewer has benefited from the advice and expertise of researchers and scientists who generously shared their knowledge throughout the development of the project.

David Keith

University of New South Wales

José R. Ferrer-Paris

University of New South Wales

Jasurbek Isomov

Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Ecology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Anisha Dayaram

South African National Biodiversity Institute / University of the Witwatersrand