Curriculum vitae
Dr. Calum Maney
Senior Scientist – AI and Modelling · Cambridge, United Kingdom
Positions
Senior Modelling Scientist and Nature Futures Lead · UNEP-WCMC
Leads the Nature Futures initiative; integrating geospatial foundation models and LLMs into biodiversity modelling and decision-making.
Modelling Scientist · UNEP-WCMC
Led technical delivery of global-scale biodiversity modelling projects; R&D on indicators for public and private sector use.
TRADE Hub Project Researcher · UNEP-WCMC
Researched impacts and dependencies of tropical commodity crops on biodiversity, with a cocoa case study.
Programme Officer · UNEP-WCMC
Technical lead on natural capital and ecosystem-service futures under COVID-19 recovery scenarios.
Associate Programme Officer · UNEP-WCMC
Spatial analyses of biodiversity data, including mangrove mapping and forest biodiversity modelling with R and Google Earth Engine.
Global Biodiversity Modelling Intern · UNEP-WCMC
Developed mixed-effects models of cocoa farming's impacts on local biodiversity.
Education
PhD, Production Ecology and Resource Conservation · Wageningen University and Research
MPhil by Research, Zoology · University of Cambridge
MA, Biological Natural Sciences (First class) · Queens' College, University of Cambridge