Nathan Whelan
Director, Museum Of Biological Diversity And Associate Professor
Auburn, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Whelan is a conservation genomics leader and museum director with 11+ years of experience translating genomic tools into real-world species management and taxonomy. Currently Director of the Museum of Biological Diversity and an Associate Professor, he previously led the USFWS Southeast Conservation Genetics Lab where he supervised mixed teams of federal staff and graduate students on genome-based conservation projects. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and applies techniques ranging from RADseq and target-capture to eDNA and GT-seq across both imperiled species and sport fish. His background spans systematics, phylogenetics, and invertebrate zoology, informed by a PhD focused on imperiled freshwater snails and hands-on propagation work for reintroduction efforts. Colleagues value his blend of adaptive leadership and deep technical fluency that helps bridge museum collections, federal conservation goals, and cutting-edge genomic research. Based in Auburn/Augusta area, he maintains an active public profile and CV at nathanwhelan.com.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Biology, Ph.D., Biology at University of AlabamaB.S., Biology, B.S., Biology at Truman State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
sequencing6
genome-assembly6
next-generation-sequencing5
illumina5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
rna-seq4
bioconda4
assembler3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NathanWhelan/automate-PAML-codeml
Sep 2014 - Apr 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 5 pushes, 1 comment in 3 years 8 months
NathanWhelan/generateSequences
Jun 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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