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Hire Jessica A.

South Africa

Freelance data analysis and visualisation | Entomology, physiology, adaptation and climate change |

Profile Summary

My areas of expertise include: Physiological entomology Adaptation planning Climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation Statistics and data analysis (R) Climate finance Data visualization (Excel, R, Inkscape, GIMP) Science communication and education GIS (QGIS) Biological control and invasive alien species

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Data Visualization
• ★ Climate Science
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Climate Change and Environmental Consultant

C4 EcoSolutions

September 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral researcher

Stellenbosch University

January 2017 - August 2017

Education

Ph.D. Zoology (Botany and Zoology)

Stellenbosch University

January 2012 - December 2015

B.Sc. Hons (Zoology)

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

January 2009 - November 2009

B.Sc. (Zoology)

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

January 2006 - November 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). Rethinking the scale and formulation of indices assessing organism vulnerability to warmer habitats . Ecography.

(2018). Searching for David within the Goliath of alien woody plant invasions in the Western Cape Province . South African Journal of Science.

(2018). Viability of watering Portulacaria afra truncheons to facilitate restoration of subtropical thicket: Results from a nursery experiment and cost model . South African Journal of Botany.

(2016). Interactions between rates of temperature change and acclimation affect latitudinal patterns of warming tolerance . Conservation Physiology.

Allen, J.L., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L.(2014). Thermal tolerance of Cyrtobagous salviniae: A biocontrol agent in a changing world . BioControl. 59. (3). p. 357-366.

Allen, J.L., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L.(2012). The effects of acclimation and rates of temperature change on critical thermal limits in Tenebrio molitor (Tenebrionidae) and Cyrtobagous salviniae (Curculionidae) . Journal of Insect Physiology. 58. (5). p. 669-678.