Alexander Leonard
Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Leonard is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich who applies a theoretical-physics background to bioinformatics and de novo genome assembly in livestock genomics. With nine years of research experience spanning a PhD at Cambridge and projects at Imperial and NUS, he blends strong statistical modelling and computational skillsets with curiosity about computational biology and marine ecology. He seeks to bring computation and large-scale statistical thinking into traditionally experimental fields, translating complex data into actionable insight. Outside the lab he pursues scuba diving and experiments with collecting and visualizing dive data, reflecting a habit of turning hands-on hobbies into data-driven projects.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of CambridgeMaster of Science (MSci), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Master of Science (MSci), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Imperial College LondonSingapore American School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (94)
snakemake10
structural-variation10
genomics10
next-generation-sequencing10
htslib10
bcftools10
genome10
sequence-alignment10
pairwise10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
dna-sequences10
bam9
mer9
science9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
AnimalGenomicsETH/variant_calling
Dec 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 61 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 7 months
AnimalGenomicsETH/euler_profiles
Jan 2021 - Oct 2024
Snakemake profile for running jobs on an LSF cluster
Contributions:11 PRs, 18 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 9 months
clustersnakemakejobslsf
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