Jeff J. Shi, PhD
Informatics Manager
Scientific Computing Consultant
Email:
jshi@umn.edu
Office:
559 Walter Library
Brief Bio:
Jeff is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, with a specific background in phylogenetics, biogeography, macroevolution, and modeling trait evolution, speciation, and extinction -- primarily in bats, but he has broader experience in other vertebrate clades. He has expertise in data/workflow management, data visualization, and statistical methods testing/development. Currently, he consults on a variety of cyberinfrastructure and biomedical research projects as MSI's Project Lead for the Informatics Group of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. He also teaches programming and scripting workshops through MSI and Software Carpentry, and occasionally teaches evolutionary biology courses in the College of Biological Sciences.
Expertise:
- high-performance computing
- data visualization
- statistical methods development
- ecology and evolutionary biology
- phylogenetics and systematics
- biogeography and species distributions
- comparative biology and phylogenetic comparative methods
- shape and trait evolution
Education:
- Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
- B.Sc., Biology, Duke University
Publications and Presentations: