Cédric Scherer

5.0

(2 reviews)

US$30.00

For every 15 mins

Sessions/Jobs

First 15 mins free for your first session

ABOUT ME

Independent data visualization professional who loves code-first approaches

Nice to meet you! I'm here to help you level up your R skills with my extensive experience in data science with R. I am very proficient in data visualization with ggplot2, data wrangling with the tidyverse, and data communication with Quarto and Shiny — whether you need guidance on best practices, troubleshooting, or refining your data storytelling.

I’m a graduated computational ecologist with 15 years of coding experience. I’ve worked with various programming languages, but I’ve truly fallen in love with R and the tidyverse. As an independent data visualization professional, I combine my passion for coding with my drive to help others communicate insights effectively. I specialize in a code-first approach and enjoy teaching programming, particularly functional programming and data science with R, and data visualization with ggplot2 and related libraries. I love to share my knowledge by the means of open source sharing, tailored workshops, and 1:1 consulting to help others gain the skills they need to succeed.

My clients include Fannie Mae, Supercell, Roche, Pearson / O'Reilly, Scientific American, USGS, Posit, Charité, Duke University, AOK, Hello Heart, and a long list of other businesses, universities, and NGOs.

Berlin (+01:00)

Joined February 2025

EXPERTISE

15 years experience | 2 endorsements

ggplot

9 years experience | 2 endorsements

Tidyverse

9 years experience | 2 endorsements

Data Science

10 years experience | 2 endorsements

Data Visualization

10 years experience | 1 endorsement

Quarto

3 years experience | 1 endorsement

R Markdown

9 years experience | 1 endorsement

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(2 reviews)

Yannick Roos

October 2025

Cedric was very knowledgeable about working with maps in R and gave me great starting points for my private portfolio project. I believe the session with him saved me several hours of research time, allowing me to focus more on actually building and developing my project.

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

TidyTuesday

My contributions to the #TidyTuesday challenge, a weekly data visualization challenge. All plots are 💯 created in R with ggplot2.

821

145

OutlierConf2021

⭕ Slides and hands-on codes for my talk "ggplot Wizardry: My Favorite Tricks and Secrets for Beautiful Plots in R" at the 1st OutlierConf, February 4–7 2021.

HTML

412

EMPLOYMENTS

Data Visualization Professional

Independent Contractor

2020-01-01-Present

As an independent data visualization specialist, I assist organizations, research teams, and businesses in effectively communicating insi...

As an independent data visualization specialist, I assist organizations, research teams, and businesses in effectively communicating insights through engaging graphical storytelling. I combine analytical research expertise with a passion for design, colors, and typography to craft compelling and meaningful data visualizations and develop efficient reporting workflows. Over the last years, I have taught thousands of participants–from researchers and physicians to developers to business analysts and managers–how to analyze and communicate data in a reproducible, efficient way by utilizing the R programing language with the versatile Quarto publication system and the popular tidyverse libraries.

Shiny

Tidyverse

Shiny

Tidyverse

ggplot

R Markdown

R Shiny App

Quarto

Scientific Researcher (PostDoc)

Leibniz Institute for zoo- and Wildlife Research

2019-04-01-2023-12-01

Scientific researcher at the IZW Berlin in the fields of movement ecology, disease dynamics and biodiversity research using statistica...

Scientific researcher at the IZW Berlin in the fields of movement ecology, disease dynamics and biodiversity research using statistical and spatial-explicit, process-based models. Also serving as a consultant for data management, statistical analysis, geo data processing, and data visualization.

In January 2020, I shifted to a part-time role to balance my research with a growing independent career.

GIS

Data Science

GIS

Data Science

Shiny

Data analytics

Data modeling

Tidyverse

ggplot

PhD Student

Leibniz Institute for Zoo- and Wildlife Research

2015-10-01-2019-03-01

PhD candidate in the project entitled "Infection on the move: Individual host movement drives disease persistence in spatially structured...

PhD candidate in the project entitled "Infection on the move: Individual host movement drives disease persistence in spatially structured landscapes" within the BioMove research training school. In the project I was investigating effects of host movement and landscape structure on disease dynamics using an individual-based, spatial-explicit modeling approach and statistical analyses of long-term data.

Data Science

NetLogo

Data Science

NetLogo

Shiny

Data analytics

Package development

Data modeling