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Dr Alex Whan

Pronouns: he,him,his

Group Leader

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

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Biography

Alex is a Digital Lead in Agriculture and Food. Alex is driven by the value found at the intersection of digital technology and scientific discovery. This is mainly through the training, development and connection of people with skills including the development of scientific software, visualisation and analytics.

Alex's interests in the application of digital technology in science developed through his research career, which revolved around the analysis and integration of data from biological systems, with a particular focus 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 lead the Plant Bioinformatics and Data Science team for 8 years, and was a leader for software and biology focused projects.

Current Roles

  • Digital Lead
    Agriculture & Food

Academic Qualifications

  • 2004

    Bachelor Biotechnology (Hons)
    University of Queensland

  • 2009

    PhD Quantitative genetics
    University of Queensland

Professional Experiences

  • 2014-2022

    Team Leader
    CSIRO

  • 2023-2023

    Group Leader
    CSIRO

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