Luke Harmon
Associate Professor
Moscow, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolLuke Harmon is an associate professor and researcher in evolutionary biology with 19 years of academic experience combining ecology, evolution, and applied statistics. Based at the University of Idaho since 2007, he teaches both biological sciences and statistics while leading research that integrates population biology theory with quantitative methods. His PhD from Washington University in St. Louis and postdoc at UBC underpin a career that spans field work, statistical modeling, and mentoring graduate students. A former Peace Corps volunteer, he brings a global perspective and practical problem-solving approach to ecological questions, translating complex data into actionable insights for conservation and evolutionary research.
19 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Zoology, BS, Zoology at Iowa State UniversityPhD, Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology, PhD, Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology at Washington University in St. Louis
Github Skills (21)
evolutionary10
hierarchical9
biodiversity9
population-genetics9
evolution8
ecology8
textbook8
r-package8
taxonomy8
phylogenetics7
bioinformatics5
collections5
biology5
dplyr4
bundle4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lukejharmon/pcm
Sep 2016 - Sep 2017
A textbook for phylogenetic comparative methods.
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 177 pushes in 11 months
evolutionphylogeneticsbiodiversitytextbookpopulation-genetics
lukejharmon/herpclass
Aug 2015 - Jan 2020
Biology 489, Herpetology at the University of Idaho
Contributions:1 PR, 149 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
biologyherpetology
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