Summary
Jacob Nabe-nielsen is a Professor and ecological modeller at Aarhus University with over a decade of experience studying how spatial and temporal environmental variation shapes plant and animal populations. He combines dynamic population models, agent‑based and individual‑based simulations, and advanced statistical approaches to untangle effects of landscape heterogeneity, climate change and anthropogenic disturbances on community composition. As leader of the Center for Green Transition and Marine Ecology and head of the Section for Marine Mammal Research, he applies modelling to real‑world policy questions around green energy impacts on marine ecosystems. He is a skilled teacher and supervisor who advises on experimental design and analysis, and brings practical programming expertise in R and NetLogo to bridge theory and applied conservation. Notably, his career blends tropical ecology fieldwork and forest regeneration studies with contemporary marine mammal and bio‑economic fisheries modelling, reflecting a rare breadth across ecosystems and scales.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Biology and Mathematics, BSc, Biology and Mathematics at Aarhus University
English, Spanish