Paul Maier
Senior Population Geneticist
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Maier is a Senior Population Geneticist with eight years of experience translating evolutionary theory into practical genomic tools for both conservation and human ancestry. He designed landmark methods used at FamilyTreeDNA—myOrigins 3.0 for joint global-local ancestry, age estimates for a >50,000-branch Y-DNA tree, and novel mtDNA phylogenetics—while earlier PhD work reconstructed Yosemite toad history and identified adaptive loci using RADseq and transcriptomics. Comfortable across R, Python, Linux and several compiled languages, he blends coalescent theory, HMMs, and machine learning to solve hard inference problems and has trained many students and staff in genetics. Based in Tucson, he pairs field-savvy natural history (extensive herpetology and wilderness work) with production-grade bioinformatics, and even applies genetic sleuthing to historical mysteries like Beethoven’s origins.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary Biology at San Diego State / UC RiversideB.S., Ecology, Evolution & Aquatic Biology, B.S., Ecology, Evolution & Aquatic Biology at UC Santa Barbara
SpanishGithub contributions (2)
paulmaier/fasta2genotype
Sep 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
paulmaier/GATK-Joint-Genotyping-Pipeline
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 day
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