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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, then my 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.