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Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
MSEM, Bren School, UC Santa Barbara
B.A., Biology, Williams College
Jim melds a formal training in ecology and environmental science with practical experience
tackling diverse computational and quantitative challenges. A participant in multiple NCEAS
working groups both before and during his current tenure, Jim has worked on topics
such as Habitat Conservation Plans, Recovery Plans, Population Viability Analysis, Pacific
salmon population modeling, and terrestrial ecosystem services. He brings to NCEAS expertise
in ecological data processing, statistical analysis and estimation, numerical optimization,
and ecological modeling and simulation. He has also programmed in a variety of contexts, including
quantitative analysis in R, Matlab/Octave, and SAS, scientific programming in C/C++, database
development with SQL, web-programming in HTML, PHP, and Ruby on Rails, multi-purpose scripting in
Perl and VBA, and specialty applications such as WinBUGS and ESRI ArcView/ArcGIS. At NCEAS, Jim
is available for consultation on strategic planning for data analysis as well as implementation
of tools and methods for specific analysis needs.
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