Blaise Li
Teacher at School District 42 (Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows)
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolBlaise Li is an experienced educator and researcher who blends 11 years of classroom practice with advanced study in creativity (MEd) to design arts-based, student-centered learning for Grade 2 and 3 learners. Rooted in an IB and TESOL background, he champions collaborative, compassionate leadership in young students while translating inquiry-driven pedagogy into engaging classroom experiences. Before teaching in British Columbia he trained in ecology and evolutionary biology and completed doctoral/post-doc research in phylogeny, giving him a rare mix of scientific rigor and creative curriculum design. He also contributes to open-source bioinformatics (notably work on Biopython’s MAF I/O and test automation), reflecting hands-on coding and quality-first engineering skills alongside his education work. Based in Pitt Meadows, BC, Blaise leverages international teaching and research experience to cultivate reflective learners who connect arts, science, and community.
11 years of coding experience
TESOL Diploma, level 2, TESOL Diploma, level 2 at Vancouver Community CollegeMaster of Education - MEd, Creativity and Curriculum Studies, Master of Education - MEd, Creativity and Curriculum Studies at The University of British ColumbiaBachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Simon Fraser University
English, Chinese, Chinese
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Github Skills (20)
python10
testing10
biopython10
bioinformatics10
enums9
fileio9
file-access9
file-processing9
file-handling9
data-structures8
data-structure8
algorithms7
docker-multi-stage-build6
dockerfile6
dataframe6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
biopython/biopython
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 64 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Blaise primarily focused on code style improvements and style checking, using `pep8` and `pylint`. They made modifications to various test files, which indicates a focus on test suite improvements and code quality. Furthermore, the user worked on the `MAF` file I/O and indexing modules, including a fix for duplicate results and optimizations, showcasing work on core library functionality.
git-repositoryphylogeneticspythondnagenomics
blaiseli/biopython
Feb 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:52 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 2 months
jupyter-notebookbiopythonpythonjupyter
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