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Data Scientist | Paleontologist and Programmer

Profile Summary

Data Scientist with six years of experience designing and analyzing data-driven experiments. Passionate about results-focused experimental design, intuitive data visualization and presentation. Background in Paleontology, an intersectional science resulting in diverse knowledge and holistic interpretation of data.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Data Visualization
• ★ Paleontology
• ★ R
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Mathematical Biology
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Ornithology
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Taxonomy/Classification
• ☆ Python
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Video Production
• ☆ Graphic Design
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Scientific Researcher

Uni of Florida, Uni of Adelaide, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Uni of Hong Kong

July 2018 - Present

Advanced Science Teacher

LaVilla School of the Arts

August 2024 - June 2025

Instructor

Mathnasium

October 2023 - May 2024

Teaching Assistant

The University of Hong Kong

September 2019 - August 2023

Intern

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

January 2019 - July 2019

Education

PhD, Paleontology (Earth Sciences)

The University of Hong Kong

September 2019 - November 2023

Bachelor's of Science, Zoology and Geology

University of Florida

August 2015 - August 2018

Certifications

• Certified HTML Developer, Professional Level

  W3 Schools

  https://verify.w3schools.com/1PRTG8LXYZ

  May 2025 - Present

• Certified Python Developer, Advanced Level

  W3 Schools

  https://verify.w3schools.com/1PRLW9C0LU

  March 2025 - Present

• Certified R Developer, Professional Level

  W3 Schools

  https://verify.w3schools.com/66BSNWBBF

  March 2025 - Present

• Educator Certificate, Biology

  State of Florida Department of Education

  July 2024 - Present

• Educator Certificate, Earth-Space Science

  State of Florida Department of Education

  July 2024 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Case Vincent Miller, Jen A Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman (2024). Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae . eLife.

Case Vincent Miller, Jen A Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman (2024). Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae . eLife.

Case Vincent Miller, Jen A Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman (2024). Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae . eLife.

Qiaohui Hu, Case Vincent Miller, Edward P. Snelling, Roger S. Seymour (2023). Blood flow rates to leg bones of extinct birds indicate high levels of cursorial locomotion . Paleobiology.

Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Jen A. Bright (2023). Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous . iScience.

Michael Pittman, Phil R. Bell, Case Vincent Miller, Nathan J. Enriquez, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Leah R. Tsang, Yuen Ting Tse, Michael Landes, Thomas G. Kaye (2022). Exceptional preservation and foot structure reveal ecological transitions and lifestyles of early theropod flyers . Nature Communications.

Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferred from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . BMC Biology.

Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman(2021). The diet of early birds based on modern and fossil evidence and a new framework for its reconstruction . Biological Reviews. 96. (5). p. 2058--2112. Wiley

Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Xiaoli Wang, Jen A. Bright, Xiaoting Zheng (2020). Disassociated rhamphotheca of fossil bird Confuciusornis informs early beak reconstruction, stress regime, and developmental patterns . Communications Biology.

(2020). A New Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) Specimen from the Upper Cretaceous of West Antarctica, with Comments on the Ontogeny and Morphological Diversity of the Elasmosaurid Pelvic Girdle . Annals of Carnegie Museum.

Roger S. Seymour, Vanya Bosiocic, Edward P. Snelling, Prince C. Chikezie, Qiaohui Hu, Thomas J. Nelson, Bernhard Zipfel, Case V. Miller(2019). Cerebral blood flow rates in recent great apes are greater than in Australopithecus species that had equal or larger brains . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286. (1915). p. 20192208. The Royal Society

PREPRINT

Case Vincent Miller, Jen A. Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman (2024). Trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes: a synthesis including new insights from Bohaiornithidae .

Case Vincent Miller, Jen A. Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman (2024). Trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes: a synthesis including new insights from Bohaiornithidae .

Case Miller, Michael Pittman(2020). The Diet of Early Birds Based on Modern and Fossil Evidence and a New Framework for its Reconstruction . Wiley

Arindam Roy, Case V. Miller, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Adolf Peretti (2020). Three-dimensionally preserved ‘Stage IIIb’ fossil down feather supports developmental modularity in feather evolution .

OTHER

Case Miller, Michael Pittman (2020). The Diet of Early Birds Based on Modern and Fossil Evidence and a New Framework for its Reconstruction .