Joris Meys
Academic Teacher at UGent
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolJoris Meys is an academic teacher and experienced statistical consultant with over a decade of practice translating complex biological and environmental datasets into robust experimental designs and analyses. Based at Ghent University, he coordinates and teaches statistics and data science labs for bachelor and master programs while supervising student dissertations and managing course logistics. His background blends an advanced master’s in Statistical Data Analysis with hands-on work in genomics, environmental data and biostatistics, enabling pragmatic support from experiment setup through reporting. Outside academia he remains an active consultant and instructor in R and applied statistics, and unexpectedly balances this with musical and nonprofit administrative roles, reflecting a practical blend of technical rigor and organizational stewardship.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciaat (master), Biology, Licenciaat (master), Biology at University of AntwerpErasmus, Biology, Erasmus, Biology at University of Osloadvanced masters, Statistical data Analysis, advanced masters, Statistical data Analysis at Ghent University
Dutch, English, Norwegian, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (141)
weighted10
regression10
matrix10
r10
statistics10
github-desktop10
plot10
graphic10
dplyr10
csv10
missing-data10
git10
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForStatistics-UGent/xnet
Oct 2017 - Apr 2022
xnet: a package for supervised network prediction
Contributions:5 releases, 395 commits, 31 PRs in 4 years 6 months
xnet
CenterForStatistics-UGent/pim
Aug 2017 - Feb 2020
R package for probabilistic index models
Contributions:1 release, 83 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 5 months
rr-packagestatisticsmodelling
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