Tom Jenkins
Developer at Tom Jenkins Data Visualisation
North Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Jenkins is a developer and bioinformatician with nine years’ experience delivering data-driven solutions across academia and the public sector, blending genomics, geospatial analysis, statistics and web app development. He has led projects from genome assembly and RNAseq analysis to habitat suitability modelling and interactive mapping, regularly processing 100+ GB sequencing datasets on HPC and cloud infrastructure. Experienced in building end-user tools (Flask, JavaScript, R Shiny) and production workflows (Nextflow, Bash, Python), he also mentors colleagues in bioinformatics and reproducible computing. Creator of the R package mapmixture and founder of TJ Data Visualisation, he combines research-grade rigor with product-focused design, often translating complex ecological and genetic data into practical operational tools. Based in North Devon, he brings a rare mix of wet-lab experience and full-stack data engineering that helps bridge biology and software for real-world impact.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Research (MRes), Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics, Distinction, Master of Research (MRes), Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics, Distinction at Imperial College LondonBachelor of Science (Hons), Marine Biology, First Class, Bachelor of Science (Hons), Marine Biology, First Class at Swansea UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at University of Exeter
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (50)
ancestry10
population-structure10
admixture10
proportions9
shiny9
population-genetics8
sequence8
htmlwidgets8
sequence-alignment8
bioinformatics8
r8
r-package7
shiny-apps7
artifacts-detection6
observer6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Tom-Jenkins/nextflow-pipelines
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Scripts to process and analyse maerl WGS data
Contributions:2 releases, 5 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Tom-Jenkins/AssemblyStatsViewer
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Web application to compare genome assembly stats from the NCBI
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 1 year 6 months
api-restecharts5genome-assemblyjavascriptncbi
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