​jacobpneal [at] gmail [dot] com 
jpn17 [at] pitt [dot] edu 

​​I am a doctoral candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. My primary research interests are in history and philosophy of biology and general philosophy of science. Drawing on my scientific background in biochemistry and structural biology, my philosophical work focuses on topics in experimental biology and biological explanation. 

Prior to joining Pitt HPS, I obtained a master's in philosophy of science at the London School of Economics (LSE), completing a dissertation on the role of abstraction in mechanistic explanation. I also have a master's in philosophy from the University of Memphis, bachelor's and master's degrees in biochemistry/structural biology from the University of Richmond and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), as well as a bachelor's in gender studies from the University of Richmond.