Fiona Whelan
Senior Lecturer In Computational Biology And Bioinformatics
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFiona Whelan is a Senior Lecturer and independent group leader at the University of Manchester specializing in computational biology and bioinformatics, with 11 years of experience studying the human microbiome. She combines mathematical modeling, microbial culture, and bioinformatics to dissect community structure and function, translating complex data into testable biological hypotheses. Her career spans research and teaching roles across the UK and Canada, including Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Anne McLaren fellowships that supported launching her own research group. Trained with a PhD in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics and a background in computer science, she bridges wet-lab and computational approaches to microbial ecology. Known for collaborative openness, she actively seeks new partnerships and interdisciplinary projects across microbiology, mathematics, and data science.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Bioinformatics at McMaster UniversityStrategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structure, Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structure at Marine Biology LaboratoryBCs, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, BCs, Computer Science, Bioinformatics at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (50)
genes10
package-management10
microbiology10
conda10
genomes10
microbial-genomics10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
bacteria10
bioconda10
comparative-genomics10
graph7
sequencing5
amos5
mer5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
fwhelan/coinfinder
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
A tool for the identification of coincident (associating and dissociating) genes in pangenomes.
Contributions:12 releases, 227 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 9 months
bioinformaticsgenesidentificationgenomics
fwhelan/sl1p
Mar 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:67 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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