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.
11 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 (10)
evo10
segmentation10
tomography10
evolutionary10
isosurface10
3d-reconstruction10
visualization9
simulation9
open-source7
simulator3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
palaeoware/PalaeoCurveToolPlugin
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 release, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
palaeoware/SPIERSview
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
SPIERSview is a piece of software for viewing 3D surface models in SPV or VAXML format.
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 7 days
piecespv3d-modelscolladasurface
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