Local time in Kelowna 09:41. Moon phase: First quarter. 71% of 2026 has passed.

Yusuf Taleb

Naturalist by instinct, builder by habit, thinker by nature. I am most curious at the crossroads of science and philosophy, history and society, education and technology.

Now

I am completing my Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology at The University of British Columbia – Okanagan. My present work connects population genomics, life-history evolution, and reproductive ecology across kokanee salmon and Western screech-owls.

Currently reading

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Recent updates

Sep 2026

Started my honours thesis on the genomic architecture of deep-spawning ecotype in kokanee salmon.

Research

Sep 2026

Started my honours thesis on the genomic architecture of deep-spawning ecotype in kokanee salmon.

Research

Sep 2026

Presented my poster at the 21st Annual UBC Science Okanagan Undergraduate Research Awards Symposium; received second place in the symposium’s Most Accessible Poster category.

Research

Sep 2026

Presented my poster at the 21st Annual UBC Science Okanagan Undergraduate Research Awards Symposium; received second place in the symposium’s Most Accessible Poster category.

Research