Julia Kreiner
Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJulia Kreiner is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago who leads the Kreiner Lab, applying population genomics to understand how plants adapt to contemporary environments. With a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Toronto and a decade of research experience, she blends fieldwork, genomic data analysis, and evolutionary theory to tackle real-world adaptation questions. Previously a Killam Fellow and bioinformatics postdoc at UBC, she brings strong computational skills alongside classical ecology training from the University of Guelph. Her work emphasizes contemporary selection and its genomic signatures, translating complex data into insights relevant for conservation and climate resilience. Colleagues describe her as a method-focused thinker who pairs rigorous statistical genetics with hands-on experimental design.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of TorontoBachelor's degree, Biology, General, Bachelor's degree, Biology, General at University of Guelph
Github Skills (35)
genetic9
genomics8
bayesian8
structural-variation8
bioinformatics8
polymorphism8
orange7
discovery7
genome7
bioconda6
estimate6
assembler6
functional-enrichment6
gwas5
pca5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
UBC-biol525D/UBC-biol525D.github.io
Aug 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:154 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
jkreinz/Amaranthus-tuberculatus-PNAS2019
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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