Phillip Compeau
(Full) Teaching Professor at Philomath Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolPhillip Compeau is a Teaching Professor and higher-education leader who blends computational biology, AI, mathematics, and pedagogy to build student-centered programs and global online learning initiatives that have reached millions. At Carnegie Mellon he founded the undergraduate program in computational biology, co-created a precollege pipeline, and helped scale free online bioinformatics education on platforms like Coursera and Rosalind. He co-authored a bestselling textbook whose exercises power an automated learning site and a widely adopted Coursera specialization, demonstrating a rare ability to translate deep research into scalable teaching systems. Phillip pairs a PhD in mathematics with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School, bringing both rigorous analytic training and practiced management skills to program and product development. He also publishes through his own imprint, Philomath Press, showing an entrepreneurial streak in educational publishing. Colleagues describe him as a builder who moves fluidly between classroom innovation, curriculum design, and large-scale online delivery.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoMaster of Advanced Study Mathematics, Master of Advanced Study Mathematics at University of CambridgeBachelor of Science (B.S.) High Honors in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) High Honors in Mathematics at Davidson CollegeMaster of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
English
Github Skills (7)
scales10
modeling10
bioinformatics9
python8
sequencing4
molecule3
assembler3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phcompeau/biological_modeling_course
Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:441 pushes in 1 year 2 months
phcompeau/ProgrammingForScientists2022
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:47 commits, 38 pushes in 2 months
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