Milton Tan
Assistant Research Scientist at Illinois Natural History Survey
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMilton Tan is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey with 11 years of experience studying vertebrate evolution, particularly catfish diversification and shark genomics. He completed a PhD in Biological Sciences at Auburn University and held NSF-funded postdoctoral positions at George Washington University and the Smithsonian, where he investigated the evolutionary history of catfishes that comprise roughly 5% of vertebrate species. At Emory he contributed to analysis of the whale shark genome, blending genomics, comparative anatomy, and field experience. His background spans hands-on lab and field work, teaching anatomy courses, and interdisciplinary collaborations across museums and academic labs. Based in Champaign, Illinois, he combines deep taxonomic expertise with modern genomic methods to address large-scale questions in biodiversity and evolution. A less obvious thread in his career is a steady movement from teaching and field data collection toward high-throughput genomic research, showing adaptability across methodological scales.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences at University of DelawareDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Sciences at Auburn University
Github Skills (25)
shape-analysis6
r-package4
windows4
wsl23
dna-sequences3
beta-versions3
camera-calibration3
points3
python2
science2
bioinformatics2
phylogeny2
dimensions2
stereo2
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
miltontan/divergence_order_test
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
miltontan/whale-shark-new-assembly
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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