Data science @ Omnicom
Previously working in ecology/environmental research
Featured Projects
(See full list of projects here)
1) NASA GLOBE
- Publication: in progress…check back soon
2) Albatross Flight Performance
My Masters thesis work on the effects of winds and waves on albatross flight performance.
- Publication: Differential impacts of wind and waves on albatross flight performance in two ocean basins
3) Urban Heat Mitigation
My work with NASA DEVELOP. Quantifying and mapping urban heat mitigation in Chatham County, Georgia
Featured Figures
A black-footed albatross foraging off the coast of Midway Atoll in the North Pacific (north of Hawaii).
Wind field and wind speed displayed simultaneously with GPS track.
Project page:
Albatross Flight Performance.
The outputs of a GAM predicting the flap rate of foraging albatrosses using wind speed and wave height predictors.
Project page:
Albatross Flight Performance
The distribution of air temperature measurements from the NASA GLOBE program.
Data originating from equal-area map cells and 10-degree latitude and longitude bands have been scored using a custom metric for data regularity and quantity:
ρ(R,Q).
Project page:
NASA GLOBE
The heat mitigation capacity of Chatham County, Georgia. Heat mitigation index calculated using InVEST Urban Cooling Model.
Project page:
Urban Heat Mitigation
Publications
In prep
- Littleford-Colquhoun BL, Geremia C, Sackett VI, Maywar IJ, Jackson A, Hoff HK, Nantais N, Anderson H, Kartzinel RY, Divoll T, Kartzinel TR. 2026. Species identity and seasonal resource fluctuations shape diet–microbiome dynamics in Yellowstone’s large herbivores. International Society for Microbial Ecology.
In review
- Maywar IJ, Low RD, Vorosmarty CJ. 2026. Case Studies of GLOBE Citizen Science Data: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and a Design Framework for the Future. Citizen Science Theory & Practice.
- Hallet M, Maywar IJ, Phillips RA, Thorne LH. 2025. Wind, waves, and wing loading and the flight energetics of giant petrels. Functional Ecology.
Published
- Maywar IJ, Phillips RA, Conners MG, Orben RA, Shaffer S, Thorne LH. 2025. Differential impacts of wind and waves on albatross energetics in two ocean basins. Movement Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00614-w
- O’shea P, Lavorata A, Maywar I, Pearce S. Chatham County Health & Air Quality: Mapping Urban Heat to Identify Priority Mitigation Areas in Chatham County, Georgia. DEVELOP Technical Report. [link]
- Nye JA, Sinnickson D, Maywar IJ, Thorne LH, Menz T, Meza-Fidalgo J, Keiling T, Warren J, McSweeny J. 2025, New York Bight Indicator Report 2024, Stony Brook University. [link]
- Littleford-Colquhoun B, Geremia C, McGarvey L, Merkle J, Hoff H, Anderson H, Segal C, Kartzinel R, Maywar I, Nantais N, Moore C, Kartzinel T. 2024. Body size modulates the extent of seasonal diet switching by large mammalian herbivores in Yellowstone National Park. R. Soc. Open Sci. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240136
- Xiao Y, Chenghao W, Salman J, Maywar IJ, King J, Shahsafi A, Kats MA. 2021. Planck Spectroscopy. Laser & Photonics Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202100121