Pavel Dimens
Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University
Village of Groton, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPavel Dimens is a postdoctoral fellow and population geneticist with eight years of experience studying the genomics of highly migratory marine fishes, holding a PhD in Coastal Sciences and advanced degrees in fisheries and mariculture. He blends field ecology—longline/gillnet surveys and ddRAD lab work—with computational biology, maintaining the PopGen.jl suite in Julia and contributing build automation to the widely used bioconda-recipes ecosystem. Skilled at translating complex genomic results for broad audiences, he emphasizes clear, low‑jargon communication and aesthetic presentation in scientific outreach. His work probes drivers of sympatric evolution in mobile marine species, pairing theory with practical conservation implications. Based in rural Groton, NY, he brings hands‑on field leadership and reproducible software engineering to interdisciplinary marine genomics. An uncommon strength is his fluency in Julia for population genetics tooling, enabling both rapid method development and production-ready package maintenance.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Coastal Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Coastal Sciences at The University of Southern MississippiBachelor of Science (BS), Aquatic and Fisheries Science, 3.29, Bachelor of Science (BS), Aquatic and Fisheries Science, 3.29 at State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and ForestryMaster’s Degree, Fisheries and Mariculture, 3.9, Master’s Degree, Fisheries and Mariculture, 3.9 at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
English, Russian
Github Skills (11)
bioinformatics10
conda10
bash10
package-management10
patch10
yaml10
makefile9
gnu-make9
python7
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 1 commit, 28 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily contributed to the build and configuration of recipes within the bioconda-recipes repository. Their work involved modifying build scripts (build.sh), and updating the dependencies and versions of existing packages. The user made frequent changes to meta.yaml files and utilized patch files to adapt external software for integration into the conda environment. The contributions focused on enabling the successful automated build and deployment of bioinformatics software packages.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
pdimens/bio-bin
Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
A place to store my custom and forked scripts used for genomic analysis
Contributions:389 commits, 2 PRs, 369 pushes in 4 years 11 months
placepythongenomicsbioinformaticsgenomic
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