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My name is Jake. I'm an ecological data scientist, quantitative biogeographer, scientific software developer, and general enthusiast for making things make sense. I'm currently a PhD candidate in the Sunday Lab at McGill University, a Réal-Decoste Climate Change Fellow at Fonds du Recherche du Quebec & Ouranos Inc. My work focuses largely on understanding how climate change drives species' redistributions, and developing strategies, guidelines, and software tools for adapting to climate-driven ecological changes.

Not unlike the organisms I study, I too have shifted my range towards cooler environments over the past decade. As a born Texan, I completed my BS in Environmental Science at The University of Texas in 2015, followed by a MS in Marine Ecology in the Arellano Larval Lab at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington in 2019. In 2020, I relocated to Montreal, Quebec, where I am pursuing my PhD and testing my own thermal tolerance limits during long Canadian winters.

I will complete my PhD in 2026, and am seeking roles to apply my programming skills to complex tasks. I have broad experience in data science, full stack software development, scenario testing, and action-oriented science, as well as deep subject expertise in climate change ecology. I am seeking a role in North America or remote in which I can process data, build analytical tools, and seek solutions for policy actions in a changing world.