Julie Fortin

Data Scientist/Lab Manager
Julie completed her B.Sc. in Earth System Science at McGill University. Her undergraduate honours thesis involved creating an algorithm to update time series of classified satellite imagery using Bayesian statistics. She went on to do a Master's at the University of Victoria studying land cover change in the Alberta Rocky Mountains using collections of historical photographs from the early 1900s.
Julie began working at the LUGE lab in 2019, assisting in data science tasks relating to global agricultural datasets. She has been involved with projects assessing the effects of climate change on crop yields in Canada, looking at rising sea levels and potential impacts on global cropland, analyzing smallholders' resilience to climate shocks.
Following her time at the LUGE lab, Julie headed off to Germany to pursue a PhD.
Julie completed her B.Sc. in Earth System Science at McGill University. Her undergraduate honours thesis involved creating an algorithm to update time series of classified satellite imagery using Bayesian statistics. She went on to do a Master's at the University of Victoria studying land cover change in the Alberta Rocky Mountains using collections of historical photographs from the early 1900s.
Julie began working at the LUGE lab in 2019, assisting in data science tasks relating to global agricultural datasets. She has been involved with projects assessing the effects of climate change on crop yields in Canada, looking at rising sea levels and potential impacts on global cropland, analyzing smallholders' resilience to climate shocks.
Following her time at the LUGE lab, Julie headed off to Germany to pursue a PhD.