Vikram Baliga
Assistant Professor Of Teaching at The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolVikram Baliga is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Zoology at UBC with 11 years of experience blending biostatistics, data science, and animal locomotion research into undergraduate education. He teaches and develops courses like Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Communicating Science, bringing hands-on, quantitative skills to life for biology students. His research background spans (macro)evolution and locomotory behavior, rooted in a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from UC Santa Cruz and postdoctoral work at UBC and UC Santa Cruz. Vikram moved from research-focused roles to a teaching-focused professorship, retaining active research interests while prioritizing pedagogy and curriculum design. Based in Vancouver, he pairs rigorous statistical training with a deep appreciation for organismal biology and science communication. Colleagues note his knack for translating complex evolutionary concepts into practical data-driven exercises that engage undergraduates.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Integrative Biology, Minor in Scandinavian, B.A., Integrative Biology, Minor in Scandinavian at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (42)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
beep-boopR/ubcBIOL548L
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:31 commits, 31 pushes in 1 month
ropensci/workloopR
Jul 2019 - Jul 2021
💪 Analysis of work loops and other data from muscle physiology experiments
Contributions:6 releases, 65 commits, 1 PR in 2 years
ddfmuscle-forcemuscle-physiology-experimentsrr-package
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