I am a computational biologist, currently a PhD student in the Carlson lab at Yale University, and with the Verena Institute. Feel free to call me any pronouns, but I typically use he/him or they/them.
My PhD research is mostly thinking about how we can understand and predict viral spillover risk. I also think a lot about food webs, fisheries, and the theory behind ecological forecasting 📈. I also have active research projects on computational pedagogy and metascience regarding publishing and equity in ecology specifically.
I am extremely passionate about open science and computational literacy in the biological sciences, and I teach introductory workshop series in programming and reproducibility methods for undergrad and grad students. 🖥️ I built and (sort of) maintain the UofT R Manual which is a great intro resource for those new to R.
Here on my GitHub are all the projects I'm working on, a bit of a mixture of research projects and teaching materials. Also even though I'm not a software person by trade, I do love building little tools and fun projects for myself, as well as learning new languages.
You can learn more about me and my various research projects here
I absolutely love talking about software, statistical quandries, and fun ecological problems. If you think we have similar interests, reach out and let's have a virtual or in-person coffee ☕
