Weecology is an interdisciplinary ecology research group at the University of Florida. We consist of Morgan Ernest’s lab, which studies how ecological systems change through time and has a strong field work focus, and Ethan White’s lab which uses computational and statistical methods to understand ecological systems using large ecological and environmental datasets. We do cutting edge research, collect and publish large open datasets, develop open source software, build websites, train scientists in computational tools, and generally try to make science a better, more efficient, more diverse and inclusive place.

We build tools to make doing science easier and more efficient by automating the early phases of the data analysis pipeline.

• Data Retriever: A package manager for data. It downloads, cleans, and stores publicly available data, so analysts spend less time managing data, and more time analyzing it. Available for Python, R, Julia, and the command line.
• portalr: Quickly download, clean, and work with data from the Portal Project.

We are actively involved in training scientists in both ideas and tools.

• Software and Data Carpentry Workshops
• University of Florida R Meetup
• Data Carpentry for Biologists (semester long course)
• Biodiversity
• Ecological Dynamics and Forecasting

• contact@weecology.org
• Building 150, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL