Alan Spencer
Seinor Tutor (Undergradute) at Imperial College London
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlan Spencer is an experienced Earth scientist and educator with 11 years of academic and research experience, currently senior tutor and Senior Teaching Fellow in Earth Science at Imperial College London. He holds a PhD in Palaeobotany from Imperial and combines deep expertise in palaeobotanical research with practical skills in scientific computing (C#, C++, Python, PHP, HTML, JS) used to develop teaching tools and bespoke research software. His research focuses on non-destructive imaging techniques (synchrotron, confocal, CT) to reveal fossil plant and fungal anatomy, translating complex methods into accessible teaching and departmental systems. A long-standing contributor to palaeontological societies, he has built and maintained departmental databases and web resources that underpin student administration and learning. Colleagues value him for bridging rigorous research, software development, and pedagogy to maximise data recovery and student engagement.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
A-level and GCSEs, A-level and GCSEs at King Edward's WitleyPhD Palaeobotany, PhD Palaeobotany at Imperial College LondonBSc Geology & Archaeology JH, BSc Geology & Archaeology JH at University of Birmingham
French
Github Skills (12)
evo10
segmentation10
evolutionary10
tomography10
isosurface10
3d-reconstruction10
digital-humanities9
simulation9
java8
stable8
open-source6
simulator4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
palaeoware/SPIERS
Oct 2018 - Apr 2022
SPIERS Software - Visualisation of tomographic data
Contributions:5 releases, 216 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 6 months
javadigital-humanities3d-reconstructionisosurfaceqt5
palaeoware/PalaeoCurveToolPlugin
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 release, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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