Gareth Coleman
ODA Analyst, International Biodiversity And Climate
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGareth Coleman is an ODA analyst at Defra specialising in monitoring, evaluation and learning to strengthen international biodiversity and climate programmes. With a PhD in computational biology and an MSci in Palaeontology and Evolution, he combines deep domain knowledge of evolutionary biology with robust data science skills in Python, R, SQL and Power BI. His background includes producing high-stakes economic statistics at the ONS and leading computational phylogenetics research that reconstructed ancestral bacterial metabolisms and resolved deep branches of the tree of life. Gareth brings 12 years’ experience translating complex scientific and statistical problems into clear indicators and reporting frameworks for policy and development. He is multilingual (French, Spanish, Italian) and a classically trained singer, reflecting a rare blend of analytical rigour and cultural fluency that aids international collaboration. Gareth’s work is marked by coordinating interdisciplinary teams and turning large-scale molecular and programme data into actionable insights.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at St. Bonaventure’s Catholic Comprehensive SchoolHigh School, High School at Havering Sixth Form CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary microbiology, Computational biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary microbiology, Computational biology at University of Bristol
English, Spanish, French, Italian
Github Skills (31)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
layerzerolabs/aquaponics-arduino
Nov 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:29 commits in 9 months
aquaponicslab/aqua-wireless-node-red
Mar 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:13 commits in 1 month
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