Dave Cacela

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About Dave Cacela

Dave Cacela, MA, MSBoulder, ColoradoEmployment HistoryIndependent Digital ArtsAssociate / Scientist, Abt AssociatesEnvironmental Scientist / Statistician, Stratus Consulting, Inc.Environmental Scientist / Statistician, Hagler Bailly, Inc.Consulting Statistician, Independent Foreign Fisheries Observer, National Marine Fisheries Service, Bering Sea EducationMA, University of California at Berkeley, StatisticsMS, Cornell University, Fishery ScienceBS, University of California at Davis, Wildlife and Fishery BiologyMr. Cacela is responsible for technical work in the general areas of environmental science and litigation support. In particular, Mr. Cacela provides expertise in applied statistics and data analysis related to field and laboratory studies concerning interactions between biota and hazardous substances. He consults regarding experimental design, field survey design, and statistical modeling of data collected in such studies. He also has particular expertise in fishery science and has conducted field work and data analyses concerning fish abundance and population dynamics. Dave makes extensive use of statistical analysis software including R, SAS and others to perform quantitative analyses, to process and clean data including very large data sets, and to design and construct relational data bases.Dave has taught 12 semesters of university level courses in investigative biology, introductory statistics, and computing.