Dr. Robert Colautti is an Associate Professor of Biology at Queen's University in the historic city of Kingston, Ontario in Canada. Members of the Colautti Lab (EcoEvoGeno.org) investigate a variety of topics at the interface of ecology, evolution, and genetics, with two primary research themes focusing on biological invasions and tick-borne diseases. Their research combines high-throughput sequencing and computation with greenhouse and field experiments. Dr. Colautti has extensive training in data analysis and coding for biology, including a PhD from the University of Toronto and postdoctoral training at Duke University, The University of British Columbia, and the University of Tuebingen. He recently published the open textbooks "R Crash Course for Biologists" and "R STATS Crash Course for Biologists"