Charles David
Senior Scientist at The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd
Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles David is a Senior Scientist and bioinformatician with 11 years of research experience bridging computational biology, plant genomics, and education. Trained as a physicist with a PhD in Bioinformatics, he develops statistical and machine learning methods for high-dimensional genomic and metagenomic data and leads multinational projects on intrinsically disordered proteins. At New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research he combines theory and applied work to accelerate cultivar development with real health benefits, while authoring software libraries (JED, JEDi) and peer-reviewed studies. A former physics teacher and university lecturer, he brings classroom-honed communication and pedagogical insight to research teams and outreach. Notably, his career began with hands-on optics experiments and grant-writing that sparked a lifelong focus on practical funding and translational impact in science.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph. D., Bioinformatics, Ph. D., Bioinformatics at University of North Carolina at CharlotteMaster of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Education and Teaching, Master of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Education and Teaching at University of HartfordGraduate Fellowship, Graduate Fellowship at Institute of Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch
Russian
Github Skills (62)
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sequencing10
rna-seq10
python-bindings10
cartesian9
derived9
dynamics9
genetic9
simulations9
bioinformatics9
geometric9
proteins9
genomics9
pca8
next-generation-sequencing7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
charlesdavid/JEDi
Oct 2018 - Mar 2022
Contributions:42 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
charlesdavid/sandpit
Mar 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:3 pushes in 7 years 7 months
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