James Mickley
Assistant Professor Of Practice (Herbarium Curator) And Instructor
Mansfield, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJames Mickley is a botanist, programmer, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution who combines 11+ years of field and academic experience as Assistant Professor of Practice and Herbarium Curator at Oregon State University. He brings a rare blend of skills spanning plant identification, experimental design, statistical programming (R), databases and web development, and scientific photography to curate collections, run courses, and drive research. His doctoral work on the evolutionary fixation of five-petaled flowers reflects a strength for framing big evolutionary questions into testable experiments and mentoring undergraduates through field and lab work. James has repeatedly translated ecological problems into software and hardware solutions—from microcontroller sensors to dynamic web and database systems—demonstrating both hands-on technical craft and ecological insight. Outside academia he applies visual storytelling as a long-time freelance photographer with international recognition, a practical asset for specimen documentation and outreach.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Biology, BA, Biology at Kalamazoo CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of ConnecticutMA, Ecology and Evolution, MA, Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University
English, German, Latin, php, vba, python, r, lua, arduino, nodemcu, javascript, html, css, c++, mysql
Github Skills (56)
spiffs10
markdown10
ecology10
taxonomy10
converter10
firmware10
espressif10
esp826610
lua10
nodemcu10
pandoc10
biodiversity10
esp3210
traits10
flora9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mickley/EMU
Aug 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:1 release, 207 commits, 37 pushes in 3 years 3 months
mickley/SWC-Cheatsheets
Jun 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:76 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
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