Jacob Irwin
- Scott Scholar | Class of 2028
- Molecular and Biomedical Biology | Applied Computing & Informatics
Additional Information
Jacob works at Nebraska Medicine as an EEG assistant, where he collaborates with nurses and EEG technicians to support patients with epilepsy. This past summer, Jacob was an undergraduate researcher in the Summer Honors Research Program, where he analyzed trends in higher education over the past decade. Leveraging his data science and coding expertise, he worked as the lead researcher responsible for automating the article review process, developing Python programs to import data from Excel, and providing his team with crucial metadata about current articles. Previously, as a 2024 Scott Scholars Design Studio intern, Jacob partnered with the city of Valentine, Nebraska, to develop innovative and impactful strategies aimed at making it a more family-friendly city to attract young people back to the community. Jacob is proficient in Java, VSCode, GitHub, Python, and Excel. Following graduation, Jacob plans to attend UNMC for medical school, aiming to combine his strong foundation in biology and data science to advance the field of medicine through innovative research and clinical practice.
Additional Information
Jacob works at Nebraska Medicine as an EEG assistant, where he collaborates with nurses and EEG technicians to support patients with epilepsy. This past summer, Jacob was an undergraduate researcher in the Summer Honors Research Program, where he analyzed trends in higher education over the past decade. Leveraging his data science and coding expertise, he worked as the lead researcher responsible for automating the article review process, developing Python programs to import data from Excel, and providing his team with crucial metadata about current articles. Previously, as a 2024 Scott Scholars Design Studio intern, Jacob partnered with the city of Valentine, Nebraska, to develop innovative and impactful strategies aimed at making it a more family-friendly city to attract young people back to the community. Jacob is proficient in Java, VSCode, GitHub, Python, and Excel. Following graduation, Jacob plans to attend UNMC for medical school, aiming to combine his strong foundation in biology and data science to advance the field of medicine through innovative research and clinical practice.