Handika's profile

Hi, I'm Heru Handika

Post-Doctoral Associate ยท the University of Florida, USA

In situ diversification

Biodiversity Informatics

Artificial Intelligence

I study island small-mammal diversity and speciation, and build open, scalable tools to enhance data integration, curation, and access for biodiversity research. My work combines fieldwork in remote montane forests, leveraging emerging AI technologies, and developing computer programs that scale from mobile devices and personal computers, to high-performance computing clusters.

Fieldwork

30+ expeditions

Code written

130K+ lines

I describe my work as:

"An end-to-end approach to accelerate and broaden access to cutting-edge collection-based evolutionary studies"

Research Questions

How do islands generate and maintain biodiversity?

How can we leverage emerging AI technologies to understand complex biological systems?

How can we improve access to cutting-edge biodiversity studies?