Zack Gold
Group Lead Of Ocean Molecular Ecology Program At Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZack Gold leads NOAA’s Ocean Molecular Ecology Program at PMEL, applying 'omics and eDNA tools to reveal how local stressors and climate-driven changes shape marine communities across the California Current. With a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from UCLA and a decade of interdisciplinary experience spanning NOAA labs, Scripps, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, he translates genomic data into actionable conservation and management insights. His work uniquely bridges research, policy, and community science—developing routine biomonitoring methods that increase the spatial and temporal resolution of biodiversity inventories. Notably, he has advanced eDNA population-genetics approaches for protected marine mammals, demonstrating how environmental genomics can inform recovery strategies for endangered and invasive species.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesBachelor of Science (B.S.) Marine Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Marine Biology at Stanford University
Github Skills (12)
gmail9
ncbi6
bioinformatics4
sequencing4
taxonomy4
genomics3
biology3
pipeline3
ruby2
phyloseq2
container1
docker1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zjgold/FishCARD
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 13 commits, 21 pushes in 2 years 6 months
zjgold/Indonesia_eDNA
Sep 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:1 release, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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