Alexander Ploner
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolAlexander Ploner is a researcher and applied statistician with 20 years' experience bridging mathematics, computer science and life sciences, currently based at Karolinska Institutet where he has led biostatistical consulting and methods development for epidemiology and high-throughput molecular biology projects. He excels at end-to-end study work—from design and grant writing to data cleaning, analysis and presentation—and has particular strength with large-scale molecular and Swedish registry datasets. An avid R programmer and open-source advocate, he authors Bioconductor packages and is developing tools to extend microbiome analysis workflows. His portfolio spans diverse topics (from cancer genomics and HPV vaccine outcomes to causal BMI studies and mass spectrometry protein identification), reflecting both deep technical skill and curiosity across biological domains. Colleagues value his combination of reproducible research practices, pipeline design and practical consulting soft skills.
20 years of coding experience
PhD, PhD at Technical University Vienna
Github Skills (18)
heatmap10
bioconductor10
r8
r-package8
regression3
modeling3
correlation-coefficient3
rstudio2
exploratory-data-analysis2
machine-learning2
statistics2
markdown2
frequency-table2
rmarkdown2
pandoc2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alexploner/Heatplus
Jun 2006 - May 2021
Annotated heatmaps for R & Bioconductor
Contributions:87 commits, 2 PRs, 29 pushes in 15 years 2 months
bioconductorheatmapr
alexploner/QuickIntro2R
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
This is a short introduction to using R/RStudio, assuming little or no previous exposure.
Contributions:4 releases, 2 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years
rrstudio
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