Nic Wheeler
Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolNic Wheeler is an Assistant Professor and parasitology researcher with 10 years of experience combining molecular genetics and computational biology to identify drug targets and develop vector-control strategies for helminths and other flatworms. Trained with a PhD in Genetics and Genomics from Iowa State, his work spans comparative -omics, free-living flatworm genetics, and bioinformatics, producing multiple publications and funded grants across academic and industry postdoctoral roles. He leads the Wheeler Lab at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, translating interdisciplinary methods into research programs suitable for diverse institutions. Beyond the lab, he has a track record of community leadership focused on improving educational opportunities for underserved Native American populations, notably the Rosebud Reservation. An uncommon strength is his simultaneous fluency in wet-lab genetics and computational pipelines, enabling him to move projects from experimental design through large-scale data analysis.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics at Iowa State UniversityBS, Molecular Biology, BS, Molecular Biology at William Jewell College
English
Github Skills (29)
phylogenetic-trees9
segmentation8
toolbox8
pose7
annotations7
pose-estimation6
r6
microscopy5
deep-learning5
linuxbrew5
particle5
visualization5
panda3d4
pytorch4
image-analysis4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zamanianlab/wrmXpress
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 releases, 13 PRs, 140 pushes in 3 years 3 months
wheelerlab-uwec/wrmXpress-gui
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
A GUI for wrmXpress
Contributions:20 releases, 34 reviews, 36 PRs in 1 year 3 months
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