James Whiting
Ecological Data Analyst
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Whiting is an ecological data analyst with eight years’ experience applying ecological statistics, GIS, and genomics to real-world biodiversity questions, currently working at NatureMetrics in Sheffield. He combines deep population and ecological genetics expertise with production-grade data analysis and visualization skills, including R package development used in academic projects. His postdoctoral work in Calgary and Exeter focused on repeatable adaptation and whole-genome analyses across plants and guppies, producing fieldwork-informed genomics and contributing to multiple publications and a new long-read genome assembly. Comfortable moving between bioinformatics pipelines, spatial analysis (R/Python), and clear science communication, he also brings uncommon experience translating research for public audiences from a Royal Institution media internship.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecological Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecological Genetics at University of NottinghamMaster of Biological Sciences (MBiolSci), Zoology, First Class, Master of Biological Sciences (MBiolSci), Zoology, First Class at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (9)
nmf9
population-genetics9
rcpp9
visualization8
genomics8
guppy2
statistics1
genome1
bioinformatics1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JimWhiting91/JimWhiting91
Apr 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
JimWhiting91/RepAdapt
Jun 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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