Julian Cooper
Senior Agronomic Data Analyst
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Cooper is a Senior Agronomic Data Analyst and plant-breeding scientist with 12 years of experience applying high-throughput phenotyping, UAV remote sensing, and AI/ML pipelines to accelerate genetic gain and breed stress-resilient crops. He blends academic rigor—PhD-level research and postdoctoral leadership at the University of Minnesota—with industry impact, designing automated analytics and long-term data solutions for seed treatments and biologicals at WinField United. Julian’s work spans experimental design, multi-omic integration for genomic selection, and delivering actionable visualizations to product teams, connecting field trials to commercial decision-making. Beyond technical mastery, he has a track record of community-building and education, having coordinated global plant breeding programs and launched training initiatives, and serves in statistical and innovation roles reflected in his academic editing and leadership affiliations. Less obvious: he pairs hands-on field experimental experience (from nursery management to farmer-facing breeding programs) with production-grade data engineering, enabling practical translation of big plant data into deployable product insights.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding at University of MinnesotaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Agronomy and Crop Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Agronomy and Crop Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (15)
r-package9
proj9
spatial8
r8
geos8
gdal7
geospatial-visualization6
leaflet6
monitors5
geospatial4
data-visualization3
joint-statistical-meetings3
deck-gl3
statistics2
shiny1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jwolfson/school_openings_mn
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 44 commits, 36 pushes in 3 months
jwolfson/ACLS-decomposition
Oct 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 release, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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