Austin Putz
Affiliate Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolAustin Putz is a PhD-trained geneticist and affiliate assistant professor with 11 years of experience applying quantitative genetics and genomics to swine breeding, currently leading research and technical efforts at Hendrix Genetics Swine (formerly Hypor). He combines industry roles—from multiplication and boar studs to product management trials—with academic teaching of data science, linear models, and genomics at Iowa State University. His work spans resilience and disease-resistance phenotypes, boar fertility traits, crossbred evaluations, and economic value estimation, reflecting a strong pipeline from molecular projects to commercial deployment. Austin maintains an active research and open-code presence via ResearchGate and GitHub and has a track record of translating large-scale field studies into actionable breeding strategies. Notably, he has co-instructed a high-enrollment intro data science course and helped develop practical phenotypes for resilience used in commercial testing herds.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Animal Breeding and Genetics, 3.78, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Animal Breeding and Genetics, 3.78 at Iowa State UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Animal Breeding and Genetics, 4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Animal Breeding and Genetics, 4.0 at North Carolina State University
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Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
austin-putz/Julia
Mar 2016 - Feb 2023
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
austin-putz/Mrode_Linear_Models
Jul 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:29 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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