Valentin is a landscape ecologist and R developer, and served as the lab software developer and technician from 2021–2022. He specializes in ecological modeling and research software engineering. He holds an M.Sc. in Biology from McGill University, during the course of which he gained extensive experience with land use change and connectivity models, and a wide range of tools (GIS software, HPC environments, participatory and reproducible research methods). His project experience includes landscape connectivity conservation and R package development and maintenance.

Valentin’s personal website is: vlucet.github.io/. He is currently pursuing a PhD. at Carleton University in Ottawa.