{"id":15128,"date":"2023-02-17T19:06:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=15128"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:09:13","slug":"sam-heinrich","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/staff\/sam-heinrich\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Heinrich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m an engineer who helps to create machine learning models including Photo and Sound ID from the vast Macaulay Library archives. My passion for birds began at a young age when my dad introduced me to birding, and has continued to grow since. I&#8217;m excited about using technology to help others learn about birds and to foster solutions to important conservation challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My passion for birds was sparked on family trips to Florida, where me and my dad spent mornings exploring the varied habitats and vibrant birds of the region. As a high schooler, he attended the Young Birder&#8217;s Event at the Cornell Lab and was inspired to pursue a career dedicated to studying and conserving birds. After graduating from Cornell with a degree in Biometry and Statistics and a minor in Operations Research, I worked in the tech industry for two years as a data scientist. After this brief stint away from Ithaca, I&#8217;m thrilled to be returning to the Cornell Lab to help tackle important machine learning challenges and create exciting tools for birders, conservationists, and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S., Biometry and Statistics, Cornell University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outside the Cornell Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In my spare time, I love playing tennis, hiking, and exploring natural areas around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15129,"parent":0,"template":"single-staff.php","program":[31],"project":[],"class_list":["post-15128","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-macaulay-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/15128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=15128"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=15128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}