Justin Robbins Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Justin Robbins is an American graduate student and environmental researcher from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, who appears on Jeopardy! Season 43 as a graduate student. His academic work sits at the intersection of ecology, conservation biology, wetlands, climate change, grassland ecology and the ways human and natural systems interact.

Robbins is currently a graduate student at Clemson University, associated with the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation and the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science. His current research examines how nutrients and ecological disturbance affect grassland ecosystems, working in the laboratory of Dr. Lydia O’Halloran. He is particularly interested in wetlands and in understanding how environmental systems respond to both natural forces and human activity.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, Robbins participated in Clemson’s STEM-Industry Graduate Student Research Assistantship program. His research involved evaluating the effects of rotational grazing by Pineywoods cattle at Brosnan Forest, including how grazing influences forage production and forage quality. That work combines literature review, field measurements and laboratory analysis to study how managed landscapes can support livestock production while using alternative land-stewardship strategies.

Before his Clemson studies, Robbins earned a Master of Science in Biology from Villanova University in 2023. His graduate research continued a longstanding interest in coastal ecosystems, particularly mangroves and climate change. His master’s work examined patterns of mangrove expansion along Florida’s northeastern coastline, building on practical conservation experience he had gained through multiple internships in southwest Florida.

Robbins earned his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 2017, double majoring in Biology and History. Within biology, his academic interests focused particularly on ecology, while his history studies included an emphasis on Africa. The combination reflects the interdisciplinary approach that has continued into his later work, where he has expressed interest not just in biological systems themselves but also in the relationships between people, landscapes and environmental change.

As an undergraduate, Robbins also participated in scientific research that eventually resulted in a peer-reviewed publication. He was a co-author of a 2023 paper in Biology Letters examining seasonal changes in the body mass index of the marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata. He has described the project humorously as research about “snails,” distinguishing it from his later environmental interests.

After Tufts, Robbins accumulated substantial hands-on conservation experience in southwest Florida. He worked with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation in its Wildlife and Habitat Management Program and subsequently undertook additional conservation work in the region, including experience connected with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. His work included protecting and monitoring wildlife, and he has specifically spoken about helping measure and release endangered sea turtles.

Those Florida experiences helped steer Robbins toward graduate research on mangrove ecosystems and climate change. His interest in the role of nutrients—particularly nitrogen—in ecological processes eventually led him toward his present work at Clemson examining nutrient availability, disturbance and grassland ecology.

Robbins has also had a significant history in autistic self-advocacy and disability inclusion. He has publicly identified himself as autistic and was diagnosed during his junior year of high school. At Tufts, he co-founded the Coalition for Autism Support at Tufts (CAST), a student organization created by and for autistic students. He became its president and led the organization throughout much of his undergraduate career.

CAST grew from Robbins’ desire to establish a peer-support environment in which autistic students could discuss their experiences without judgment while also challenging negative stereotypes surrounding autism. His advocacy extended beyond campus organizing. He wrote publicly about autism, STEM education, college life, friendships, disclosure, special interests and self-advocacy, drawing on his own experiences as an autistic college student.

In 2017, Robbins delivered a TEDxTufts talk titled “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Autism?” In the talk, he addressed how autism is portrayed in public discourse and policy and argued for autistic people themselves to have a stronger voice in conversations about autism. His advocacy has emphasized acceptance, inclusion and autistic self-determination rather than treating autism solely through a medical or deficit-focused framework.

Robbins’ intense interests have played an important role throughout his life. His earliest major childhood interest was astronomy, followed later by strong interests in biology and history, which ultimately became his undergraduate majors. Outside academics, he is an enthusiastic fan of modern and tabletop board games, fantasy and science-fiction worlds, and puns.

While at Tufts, Robbins served as president of the university’s tabletop gaming club. He has named Twilight Struggle, the Cold War strategy game, and Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative superhero card game, among his favorite games. His entertainment interests have also included Doctor Who, Star Trek, Avatar: The Last Airbender and the musical Hamilton. Clemson’s current biography similarly describes his interests outside research as games, high fantasy and puns.

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