Jake is the head of the DeMON Lab and the director of the Neurodegenerative Research Unit at the Department of Clinical Science Malmö at Lund University. As a SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program Data-driven Life Sciences (DDLS) fellow, Jake is a proud member of SciLifeLab, and is also a member of Multi-Park Lund. Jake trained at UC-Berkeley, got his PhD at McGill University, and did a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, becoming an expert along the way in neuroimaging, aging, AI and bioinformatics. He now dedicates his time toward better understanding how neurodegenerative diseases work, and building innovative tools to improve clinical care.
Outside the lab, Jake is an active musician, an avid (indoor) boulderer, an inveterate beer snob, a frequent traveler, and a die-hard fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. He’s also been known to consort with the queen.