CLAUDE.md — Project Context
Project Overview
Joaquin Auzenne’s personal portfolio website, live at joaquinauzenne.github.io via GitHub Pages. Originally forked from Academic Pages (Minimal Mistakes), then fully redesigned as a custom Jekyll theme. The site builds and deploys successfully as of the last session.
Design System
- Fonts: DM Serif Display (headings/display), DM Sans (body), DM Mono (labels/mono)
- Palette:
$cream #F5F0E8 · $ink #1A1712 · $moss #3D5A3E · $clay #B8703A · $sand #D9C9A8 · $fog #E8E0D0 · $accent #6B8F71
- Layout: single-page with anchor sections — Hero → About → Experience → Skills → Projects → Contact → Footer
Architecture
Build Pipeline
Gemfile uses gem 'github-pages' (GitHub Pages compatible)- SCSS is compiled via the standard Jekyll pipeline:
assets/css/main.scss (empty frontmatter) imports _sass/main.scss
_layouts/default.html links the compiled CSS with <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/main.css"/>
Key Files
| File |
Role |
_config.yml |
Site settings, author info, collections: projects |
_layouts/default.html |
Main single-page layout; includes all section partials |
_layouts/project.html |
Per-project detail page layout |
_includes/nav.html |
Fixed top nav |
_includes/hero.html |
Hero section (profile photo, stats, interest tags) |
_includes/about.html |
About section; renders `<p>I’m Joaquin — a recent graduate (‘25) from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Computational Biology, along with a Certificate in Scientific Computation and Data Sciences.</p> |
I’m an interdisciplinary scientist focused on engineering high-fidelity solutions for complex biological systems. My work treats biological data as a mathematical landscape to be decoded through predictive modeling and robust pipeline engineering — whether building eDNA metabarcoding workflows for conservation, designing metabolic pathways for sustainable chemistry, or forecasting pharmaceutical logistics.
I’m currently interested in metabarcoding for conservation and species identification, the evolution of language in primates and neurolinguistics, and tackling hard interdisciplinary problems through applications of mathematics — statistics, modeling, analysis, and beyond.
I support open science and the FAIR principles: scientific data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable for all. I’m always looking to collaborate on exciting research projects!
Pronouns: he / him · ⚡ I love learning languages through music, film, and reading!
` from index.md |
| _includes/experience.html | Tabbed experience section (Research / Professional / Education) with Download CV link |
| _includes/skills.html | Skills grid from _data/skills.yml |
| _includes/projects.html | Projects grid — loops site.projects (Jekyll collection) |
| _includes/contact.html | Contact section |
| _includes/footer.html | Footer |
| _sass/main.scss | All styles |
| assets/css/main.scss | Entry point (empty frontmatter + @import "main") |
| index.md | Homepage; layout: default; body renders into About section |
Data Files
| File |
Drives |
_data/hero.yml |
Hero eyebrow text, tagline, stats (num + label), interest tags |
_data/about_sidebar.yml |
About sidebar cards (Currently Learning, Research Interests, Languages, Education) |
_data/experience.yml |
Three tab arrays: research, professional, education (timeline items with title, org, date, bullets) |
_data/skills.yml |
Skill cards with title + tags list |
Jekyll Collection — Projects
Projects are a Jekyll collection (_projects/), not a data file. Each project is a Markdown file with frontmatter + editable body content.
- Collection registered in
_config.yml: output: true, permalink: /projects/:name/
- Each file lives at
_projects/[slug].md
- Frontmatter fields:
layout: project, title, org, desc (card summary), tags
- The Markdown body is the full detail page content
- Cards on the homepage link to
/projects/[slug]/ via _layouts/project.html
Current Projects
| Slug |
Title |
covid-19-network-dynamics |
COVID-19 Spatiotemporal Network Dynamics |
mammalian-metabarcoding |
Mammalian Metabarcoding & Species-Range Visualization Platform |
idminer |
IdMiner — Bioinformatic Literature Search Tool |
longhorn-racing |
Longhorn Racing — Composites Division |
methanotroph-metabolic-engineering |
Methanotroph Metabolic Engineering |
How to Edit Content
| What to change |
Where |
| Hero text, stats, interest tags |
_data/hero.yml |
| About sidebar cards |
_data/about_sidebar.yml |
| About body text |
index.md |
| Experience timeline bullets |
_data/experience.yml |
| Skill cards |
_data/skills.yml |
| Project card summary / tags |
Frontmatter in _projects/[slug].md |
| Project detail page body |
Markdown body in _projects/[slug].md |
| Add a new project |
Create _projects/[new-slug].md with required frontmatter |
| Contact info / social links |
_config.yml under author: |
| Download CV file |
Replace files/Auzenne_CV.pdf |
| Profile photo |
Replace images/profile.png (displayed at 220×220px, circular) |
Author Info
Git / Deployment
- Remote:
git@github.com:joaquinauzenne/joaquinauzenne.github.io.git (SSH)
- Branch:
master → auto-deploys to GitHub Pages via Actions
- Push with:
git push origin master
- To verify deploy: repo → Actions tab → latest workflow run
Known Working State (end of last session)
- GitHub Pages build: passing
- All 5 project detail pages render at
/projects/[slug]/
- Profile photo centered in hero rings at 220×220px
- Download CV button in experience tab bar (right-justified)
- SCSS compiled via standard Jekyll pipeline (no
scssify)
