Jessica Bolin

Quantitative Marine Ecologist
Postdoc, UC Davis

I am a marine ecologist exploring how changing ocean conditions shape marine ecosystems, fisheries and the future of seafood. I'm a postdoc in the Provost Lab at UC Davis, currently working on mapping climate refugia for California's benthic marine invertebrates. I enjoy teaching R workshops, developing software and helping make scientific tools and workflows more accessible for ocean and climate scientists. Outside of work, you'll probably find me chasing mountains somewhere in Desolation Wilderness and Yosemite National Park, or playing pickleball.

Current work

• Co-PI: Identifying Multi-Species Climate Refugia along the CA Coast to Support the 30x30 Initiative (2026-2028)
• UC Davis Business Development Fellow (2026-2027)
• Penpal, Letters to a Prescientist (2026-present)
• Associate Editor, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025-present)
• Adjunct Fellow, UniSC Australia (2025-present)