Tim Crombie
Assistant Professor at Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolTim Crombie is an Assistant Professor and evolutionary geneticist with eight years of research experience studying how natural genetic variation shapes organismal responses to the environment. Trained with a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and a postdoctoral stint at Northwestern, he leverages quantitative, molecular, and population genetics in Caenorhabditis elegans to dissect the genetic basis of traits like toxicant susceptibility, healthspan, and lifespan. His work combines high-throughput phenotyping with population-level analyses to reveal how migration, inbreeding, and local adaptation sculpt genetic diversity—insights that translate into more accurate predictions for human toxicant responses. Based in Melbourne, Florida, he runs the Crombie Lab and brings a pragmatic, ethics-conscious approach to modeling human-relevant biology in tractable systems. An uncommon strength is his focus on integrating evolutionary theory with practical toxicogenomics to address disparities in healthspan and lifespan.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General at Arizona State UniversityPh.D., Biology, General, Ph.D., Biology, General at University of Florida
Github Skills (16)
cellprofiler7
pipeline5
agent-based-modeling5
robocup5
simulation4
nextflow4
agent-based-simulation4
pipeline-framework3
ord3
imaging2
image-processing2
neuroimaging2
microscopy2
machine-learning2
python2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
AndersenLab/easyfulcrum
Apr 2020 - Jun 2022
easyfulcrum
Contributions:6 releases, 127 commits, 125 pushes in 2 years 2 months
AndersenLab/sv-nf
Jun 2022 - Mar 2024
A nextflow pipeline to call structural variants using short or long read data
Contributions:3 releases, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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