Melinda Ashcroft
Research Fellow at The University of Queensland
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolMelinda Ashcroft is a research fellow in infectious diseases epidemiology and microbial genomics with 12 years’ experience translating genomic and epidemiological data into public health insights. She has led multidisciplinary projects on NTM, ExPEC, Klebsiella and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, authored multiple peer-reviewed papers and secured competitive funding while supervising PhD students. Skilled in NGS analysis, statistical modelling, GIS and data visualisation, she combines hands-on bioinformatics (Bash, Python, R, HPC) with exceptional scientific communication and teaching experience. Active in scientific communities, she organises international workshops, runs national seminar series and built a substantial professional network and social media presence to amplify research impact. Notably, her work links climate and weather with NTM epidemiology, reflecting a distinctive focus on environment-driven pathogen dynamics and translational surveillance.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Biotechnology and Biochemistry at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Microbial Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Microbial Genomics at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (12)
population-genetics7
bacteria6
genomics5
phylogeny4
partitioning3
jekyll3
genomes3
genome3
bioinformatics2
sketching1
python1
visualization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BioMinnie/biominnie.github.io
Apr 2022 - Apr 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:66 pushes in 3 years
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
BioMinnie/DNAManipulations
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:3 pushes in 9 months
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