Morgan Kain
Scientific Consulting Modeling Vector-borne Disease Transmission
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolMorgan Kain is a quantitative biologist and statistical modeler with 12 years of experience applying advanced statistical and mathematical tools to problems in ecology, epidemiology, and public health. Trained to PhD level in biology, they are fluent in R (tidyverse, ggplot, shiny), Bayesian modeling in Stan/JAGS, and reproducible workflows with Git/GitHub, renv, and targets. Their work spans GLMMs/GAMMs, compartmental and partially observed epidemiological models, simulation-based power analysis, and uncertainty-aware forecasting and imputation. Morgan has collaborated with researchers, public health departments, and communities across five continents, translating complex analyses into accessible visualizers and public-facing tools (e.g., COVID and dengue-focused applets). Currently combining scientific consulting on vector-borne disease transmission with a mathematical statistician role at USDA APHIS, they bring both rigorous theory and practical, community-oriented communication to study design and infectious-disease inference.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology, General, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology, General, 4.0 at McMaster UniversityBachelor's degree, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3.76, Bachelor's degree, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3.76 at University of PittsburghMaster's degree, Biology, General, 4.0, Master's degree, Biology, General, 4.0 at East Carolina University
Github Skills (20)
graph-algorithms9
complex-networks8
graph-theory8
python8
graph-analysis8
graph-visualization8
network-analysis8
logistic-regression6
bioinformatics6
meta6
profiling4
genomics4
deep-learning3
artificial-intelligence3
devops3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Mpaull/quokka
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Quokka Web App
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
reactcircleciworkboxquokka
Mpaull/heroku-buildpack-nodejs-sass
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 day
heroku-buildpackherokusassrailsnode-js
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