Thomas Shafee
Associate Consultant
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolThomas Shafee is a research data specialist with 11 years’ experience translating complex biological and machine-learning research into actionable institutional strategy and open scholarship. Trained as an evolutionary biochemist (PhD, Cambridge) who used experimental evolution and bioinformatics to study protein superfamilies, he now leads national dataspaces initiatives and advises universities on research analytics, governance and pathways-to-impact. He has built teams and systems that improve research visibility, data practices and evaluation—combining hands‑on technical support, policy design and visual storytelling. A long‑time advocate for Wikipedia‑integrated peer review and open knowledge, he blends scholarly publishing leadership with practical implementation skills. Based in Melbourne, he is equally comfortable sketching scientific illustrations as he is coordinating cross‑sector partnerships to operationalise research data infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (MA cantab), Biochemistry and Evolutionary Biology, Master's degree (MA cantab), Biochemistry and Evolutionary Biology at University of Cambridge
English, [r], bash, python, markup, css
Stackoverflow
41reputation
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Github Skills (57)
r-package10
wikidata-api10
traits10
google-scholar9
wikipedia9
api-client9
linked-open-data9
r9
scientific-publications9
latex9
api9
sparql9
wikidata9
sequence8
bibtex8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TS404/SeqSpace
Apr 2016 - Nov 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
TS404/DefSpaceShiny
May 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:15 releases, 39 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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