Nick Schurch
Principal Statisticial For Ecology And Environmental Science
Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNick Schurch is a Principal Statistical Scientist specializing in ecology and environmental science, with over 16 years applying quantitative analysis, statistical modelling and data visualization across experimental and theoretical domains. He leads research teams and collaborative projects that blend computational science with applied environmental problems, such as predictive multivariate models for river temperature, Bayesian belief networks for water quality, and soil metagenomics using portable long-read sequencing. Previously he was the computational lead on multi-million-pound plant genomics grants at the University of Dundee, processing terabytes of RNA‑seq data and building bespoke web portals to share results. Comfortable bridging disciplines, he develops and maintains statistical analysis software, relational databases and web UIs while securing research funding and communicating complex results to stakeholders. Notably, his background in astrophysics and early-career postdoctoral work gives him a strong foundation in quantitative thinking that he now applies to environmental decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Lord Williams’s SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of LeicesterMSci, Physics with Astrophysics, 2:1, MSci, Physics with Astrophysics, 2:1 at University of Bristol
English
Github Skills (156)
genome-assembly10
trend10
wsl210
twine10
voice9
rstudio-server9
structural-variation9
seq9
gene-expression9
transcript9
svg9
genomics9
visualization9
rstudio9
jupyterlab9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
bartongroup/Simpson_Barton_Nanopore_1
Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:37 commits in 3 months
bartongroup/RoSA
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 10 pushes in 8 months
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