As of 2026, I’m on an indefinite hiatus from my career in science. I’ve kept this website active as a record, and in case my path ever leads back to science or combines my research background with the new things I’m learning in a yet-unforeseen way.
I am an evolutionary biologist working in the fields of population genomics, molecular ecology, and biogeography. I study geographic range shifts, population demography, and evolutionary genetics in order to understand how species respond to changing environments and to help inform conservation of threatened species.
My most recent research position was as a postdoc at the University of Victoria and The Kelp Rescue Initiative. I earned my PhD from the University of Michigan, and have also been a postdoc at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and University of Georgia.
In case you ended up here looking for…
My biology/folklore creative writing: juddbemmels.com
What I’m doing now: linkedin.com/in/jordan-bemmels
Jordan Bemmels 