Nathan Wilson - Curriculum Vitae

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Current Positions

• Mushroom Observer, Inc., President
• Cape Cod Mycological Society, President
• Sanctuary Boston, Member of the Board

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Parr, C.S., Wilson, N., Schulz, K.S., Leary, P., Hammock, J.A., Goddard, A., Rice, J., Corrigan, R.J. TraitBank: Practical semantics for organism attribute data. 2016. Semantic Web Journal


• Fischer, A., Mozzherin, D., Eren, M., Lans, K., Wilson, N., Cosentino, C., Smith, J. SeaBase: a multispecies transcriptomics resource and platform for gene network inference. 2014. Integrative and Comparative Biology


• Parr, C.S., Wilson, N., Leary, P., Schulz, K.S., Lans, K., Lisa Walley, L., Hammock, J.A., Goddard, A., Rice, J., Studer, M., Holmes, J.T.G., Corrigan, R.J. 2014. The Encyclopedia of Life v2: Providing Global Access to Knowledge About Life on Earth. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1079 (29 Apr 2014) doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1079


• Thiers, B.M., Wilson, N., Halling, R.E. 2013. Making Scientific Vouchers of North American Macrofungi: How Documenting the Fungi You Encounter Contributes to the Mycoflora of North America. McIlvainea: Journal of American Amateur Mycology. http://namyco.org/publications/mcilvainea/V22/making_scientific_vouchers.html


• Wilson, N., Wang, H. and McGuinness, D.L. 2012. Scientific Names and Descriptions for Organisms on the Semantic Web. Proc. International Workshop on Linked Science, Boston, Mass. Nov. 12, 2012


• Wang, H., Wilson, N., Dunn, K.M., McGuinness, D.L. 2012. Semantic Vernacular System: an Observation-based, Community-powered, and Semantics-enabled Naming System for Organisms. In: Proceedings of ISWC 2012. Boston, MA, 2012


• Wang, H., Wilson, N., McGuinness, D.L.2012. Semantic Web Compatible Names and Descriptions for Organisms - AGU Fall Meeting 2012. In: Proceedings of AGU Fall Meeting 2012. San Francisco, CA, 2012


• Goddard, A., Wilson, N., Cryer, P. and Yamashita, G. 2011. Data Hosting Infrastructure for Primary Biodiversity Data. BMC Bioinformatics. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/S15/S5

Other Publications

• Wilson, N., Dunn, K., Wang, H. and McGuinness, D.L. 2012. Application of Semantic Technology to Define Names for Fungi http://tw.rpi.edu/web/doc/ApplicationofSemanticTechnologytoDefineNamesforFungi

Film Credits

• Shrek Forever After, 2010
• How to Train Your Dragon, 2010
• Monsters vs. Aliens, 2009
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, 2008
• Kung Fu Panda, 2008
• Bee Movie, 2007
• Shrek the Third, 2007
• Flushed Away, 2006
• Madagascar, 2005
• Shark Tale, 2004
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, 2002
• The Road to El Dorado, 2000
• The Prince of Egypt, 1998

TV Credits

• Howser, H. 2003. Visiting... with Huell Howser, show 1032 "Mushrooms".

Contributions to Biodiversity Research

• Collection of Amanita phalloides from LA County to support Pringle, A., E.C. Vellinga. 2006. Last chance to know? Using literature to explore the biogeography and invasion biology of the death cap mushroom Amanita phalloides (Vaill. Ex Fr. :Fr.) Link. Biological Invasions 8:1131-1144.


• Paratype collection of Russula avellaneiceps Fatto from Copper Mountain, CO to support Fatto, R. 1999. Three New Species of Russula. Mycotaxon 70: 167-175


• Tricholoma collections establishing the presence of several species previously not recorded in California used in Shanks, K. 1997. "The Agaricales of California, Tricholoma"

Published Photographs

• Kuo, M., Methven, A.. 2010. "100 Cool Mushrooms"
• Bessette, A.E., Harris, D.B., Bessette, A.R.. 2009. "Milk Mushrooms of North America"
• Bessette, A.E., Roody, W., Bessette, A.R. 2000. "North American Boletes"
• Shanks, K. 1997. "The Agaricales of California, Tricholoma"

Academic/Non-commercial Website Development:

• The Encyclopedia of Life. 2010-2014. http://eol.org
• Mushroom Observer. 2006-2014. http://mushroomobserver.org
• Global Genome Initiative Data Portal. 2014. http://eol-ggi.herokuapp.com/
• Cephbase. 2014. http://cephbase.eol.org/
• History of MBL. 2013. http://history.archives.mbl.edu/
• Embryo Project. 2013. http://embryo.asu.edu/
• EduLifeDesks. 2011. http://edulifedesks.org/

Commercial Website Development

• IQVIA Investigator Site Portal. 2018-2025.
• MassChallenge Accelerate Platform. 2014-2018.

Previous Professional Positions

• Director. Software Engineering. IQVIA. Boston, MA. Oct 2018 - Apr 2025
• Senior Director of Software Engineering. MassChallenge. Boston, MA. Oct 2014 - Jul 2018
• Director of Biodiversity Informatics for the Encyclopedia of Life. Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole, MA. Jan 2010 - Oct 2014
• Director of the Center for Library and Informatics. Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole, MA. Oct 2010 - Jan 2013
• R&D Manager. DreamWorks Animation SKG. Glendale, CA. Apr 2006 - Dec 2009
• Member of Technical Staff. DreamWorks Animation SKG. Glendale, CA. Apr 1997 - Mar 2006
• Manager of R&D. Digital Domain. Los Angeles, CA. Mar 1996 - Mar 1997
• Senior Software Developer. Digital Domain. Los Angeles, CA. Oct 1994 - Feb 1996
• Consultant. Apple Computer. Cupertino, CA. July 1994 - Dec 1994
• Associate Teacher. UCSC. Santa Cruz, CA. Sep 1993 - Dec 1993
• Computer Scientist. Teleos Research. Palo Alto, CA. July 1988 (founding) - Aug 1992
• Software Engineer. Iconicon. Palo Alto, CA. July 1991 - August 1992
• Computer Scientist. SRI International. Menlo Park, CA. June 1987 - June 1988

Computer Skills

• Preferred Languages: Ruby, Python, C++, Common Lisp
• Preferred Operating Systems: Ubuntu Linux, RedHat Linux, MacOSX
• Preferred Web Technologies: Ruby on Rails, JSON, RDF, OWL, NodeJS, AJAX
• Preferred Databases: MySQL, Virtuoso (for RDF), Solr, Postgresql, Oracle
• Higher Level Software Experience: Open Source Project Management, Distributed Software Delivery, Natural Language Processing, Service Oriented Architecture, Language Design, Computer Graphics: 2D/3D/Animation, Database Design, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning).

Education

• M.S. (computer science), University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994. Thesis: "Identifying Organisms with Computers"
• M.A. (experimental psychology), University of Pennsylvania, 1987. Thesis: "Perception of Biological Motion"
• B.S. (experimental psychology), Reed College, 1986. Thesis: "Standards for Deviation: Tools for Reinforcing Variability"

Previous Volunteer Positions

• Liaison with Amateur Mycological Clubs and Societies Committee, Mycological Society of America, 2010-2014
• Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, TDWG Conference 2010
• EOL Learning and Education Advisory Committee 2008-2009
• 2002 Foray Team, North American Mycological Association
• President, Los Angeles Mycological Society 1995-2005
• Science Advisor, Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz 1990-1994

Talks and Classes:

• MO for Mycology, Lightning Talk for MassMyco, 2024
• Decentralized Mycology with Mushroom Observer, Decentralized Science Meetup, 2022
• Mushrooms, Names, and Images in the Age of AI, Telluride Mushroom Festival, 2022
• Mushrooms, Names, and Images in the Age of AI, Mycological Association of Washington DC, 2022
• Introduction to Mushroom Observer, British Mycological Society, 2021
• Scientific Illustration for Fungi, Rhode Island School of Design, 2014
• The Semantic Underpinnings of EOL TraitBank,Ontology Summit, 2014
• Collaboratively Creating Computable Species Descriptions, TDWG, 2013
• Increasing the Scientific Value of Mushroom Observer, NAMA, 2013
• Can You Reason with Biodiversity? - Semantic Data and the Encyclopedia of Life, Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archive Program (TELDAP), 2013
• Scientific Illustration for Fungi, Rhode Island School of Design, 2013
• Mushroom Observer and the Role of Observations, North American MycoFlora Meeting, 2012
• Participating in the EOL: A Catalog of Life on Earth, Science Before Supper, 2012
• Introduction to Ontologies and Semantics, HPS Seminar, 2011
• Synergies Between Libraries and Informatics, Science Bootcamp for Librarians, 2011
• State of Global Biodiversity Data, TDWG, 2010
• A General Model for Biodiversity Data, Wolfram Data Summit, 2010
• The EOL for Teachers, Wolbachia: Discover the Microbes Within, 2010

Open Source Related Invited Keynotes:

• II Encontro Nordestino de Software Livre 2007, Aracaju, Brazil
• Open Source Symposium 2006, Seoul, South Korea
• RedHat Summit 2006, Nashville, TN, USA
• LatinoWare Mercosul 2005, Curitiba, Brazil
• GUADEC 2005, Stuttgart, Germany