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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.
Professional Areas
Current Roles
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Digital Lead
Agriculture & Food
Academic Qualifications
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2004
Bachelor Biotechnology (Hons)
University of Queensland -
2009
PhD Quantitative genetics
University of Queensland
Professional Experiences
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2014-2022
Team Leader
CSIRO -
2023-2023
Group Leader
CSIRO
Publications
We have publications by Dr Alex Whan