James Pease
Associate Professor
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Pease is an associate professor and computational genomics researcher with 11 years of experience studying population genetic diversity, recent speciation, and the evolution of complex traits across plants and viruses. Trained with a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Indiana University and a BS from Yale, he combines field-relevant organismal perspectives with quantitative genomics and computational methods. He has advanced academic programs at Wake Forest and now leads research and teaching in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University. His work bridges deep evolutionary questions and practical genomic analyses, often applying cross-taxon comparisons to reveal mechanisms of rapid divergence. An early career that included systems management and student technology roles hints at strong computational and infrastructural fluency behind his experimental science.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor of Science - BS Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS Biology at Yale University
Github Skills (8)
genomics10
population-genetics10
phylogenetics10
sampling9
testing8
evaluation6
bioinformatics5
evolution4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jbpease/dfoil
Apr 2015 - May 2021
DFOIL: Introgression Testing for Five Taxa
Contributions:2 releases, 26 commits, 2 PRs in 6 years 2 months
testingintrogressionhybridizationphylogeneticsmolecular-evolution
jbpease/jbpease.github.io
Jun 2015 - Feb 2026
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 10 months
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