Tom Booker
Assistant Professor at The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolTom Booker is an assistant professor of forest evolutionary genomics at the University of British Columbia with a decade of experience in population and conservation genetics focused on forest trees. He combines rigorous PhD training from the University of Edinburgh with postdoctoral bioinformatics expertise to bridge evolutionary theory and large-scale genomic data. His work spans quantitative and population genetics, applied to conservation and forest management, and he has a strong teaching background in statistics and data analysis for MSc students. Based in Vancouver, he brings both hands-on computational skills and ecological insight, uniquely positioned to translate genomic discoveries into practical strategies for resilient forests.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary Biology at The University of EdinburghEASTBIO 2014 CohortBachelor of Science with Honours (BSc Hons), Ecology, 1st, Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc Hons), Ecology, 1st at The University of Stirling
Github Skills (9)
jekyll10
responsive10
jekyll-theme9
tailwindcss9
liquid9
static-site-generator8
github-pages8
slim2
spectrum1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TBooker/Recombination_Fst
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 44 commits, 47 pushes in 7 months
CoAdapTree/WZA
Aug 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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