iNaturalist.org: A Naturalist Lifestyle and the Root of Conservation

Ken-ichi Ueda is an avid naturalist with a background in both biology and software development. Ken-ichi developed iNaturalist while persuing a Masters degree at the UC Berkeley School of Information in 2008 and continued to work on it in his spare time. Since 2011, Ken-ichi has been working full time as iNaturalist's lead developer.