Jonathan Chang

I’m Jonathan Chang, an evolutionary biologist whose research involves understanding the origin and maintenance of biological diversity, with broad interests in comparative methods and conservation.

I did my PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles with Michael Alfaro. I did postdocs at the University of Michigan and Monash University.

Current CV

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Blogging

I blog about science, coding, and other academic topics. My writing should not be considered official communications of my employer. See all my blog posts, subscribe using RSS, or read a few recent entries:

• 04 Nov Download shapefiles from ESRI ArcGIS Online Story Maps
• 26 Jan Deploy your website to Neocities using GitHub Actions
• 13 Jul Three ways to check and fix ultrametric phylogenies
• 31 May Easily showcase your Google Scholar metrics in Jekyll
• 18 May Free yourself from the Spotify desktop client with spotifyd