Alex Whan
Digital Lead at CSIRO
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolAlex Whan is a digital lead and plant genetics specialist with 11 years of experience translating crop science research into digital infrastructure and data-driven breeding tools. Holding a PhD in Plant Genetics from the University of Queensland, he has led multidisciplinary teams at CSIRO across roles from postdoctoral fellow to Digital Lead, driving projects in cereal genetics, bioinformatics and field evaluation. He combines deep domain knowledge of crop genetics with practical experience building data integration and digital platforms that accelerate field-to-insight pipelines. Known for prioritising people and team assembly, he balances technical strategy with hands-on delivery to turn complex biological data into usable systems. Based in Canberra, he brings a pragmatic research mindset to digital innovation, often bridging lab-scale discoveries with operational agricultural solutions. An understated strength is his track record of sustaining long-term program leadership within a national research organisation, ensuring continuity from discovery to deployment.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Genetics at The University of Queensland
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Github Skills (100)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
csiro-crop-informatics/biokanga
Jun 2016 - Apr 2019
An integrated high performance bioinformatics toolkit
Contributions:3 releases, 100 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years 10 months
integratedmass-spectrometrygenomicsbioinformaticsperformance
alexwhan/mpwgaim
Jul 2015 - Nov 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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