Dr Alex Whan

Pronouns: he,him,his

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https://people.csiro.au/W/A/Alex-Whan

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Biography

Alex's research interests mostly revolve around the analysis and integration of data from biological systems. This includes the development of software to store and integrate experimental data, as well as reproducible approaches to data analysis, mostly focused on wheat genomics.
Alex completed a PhD from the University of Queensland in 2009 working on QTL mapping of nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane. He then moved to CSIRO in Canberra for postdoctoral work focused on the manipulation of the expression of starch metabolism enzymes in wheat. During that postdoctoral work, Alex transitioned to working more closely with the 4 and 8-way MAGIC populations on various traits, with a focus on data analysis and experimental design. He now leads the Plant Bioinformatics and Data Science team in CSIRO Agriculture and Food, which spans work from NGS analysis through to functional genomics and statistical approaches to solving complex genetic challenges.

Professional Areas

Current Roles

Research team leader
Crop bioinformatics and data science
Project leader
Germplasm stewardship software development

Academic Qualifications

2004

Bachelor Biotechnology (Hons)
University of Queensland
2009

PhD Quantitative genetics
University of Queensland

Publications

ORCID 0000-0002-6839-2915

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