Philip Leftwich
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPhilip Leftwich is an Associate Professor of Genetics & Data Science at the University of East Anglia with nine years’ experience bridging academic research and practical applications in insect pest management, gene editing and transgenics. He designs and teaches undergraduate and master’s modules in genetics, genomics and applied data science, and runs bespoke statistics and programming workshops for postgraduate researchers and industry clients. Philip has led Wellcome-funded projects and managed translational research programmes at The Pirbright Institute, giving him strong project coordination and consultancy experience. Comfortable with both wet-lab genetics and computational workflows, he is known for integrating data science into biological curricula and for developing accessible CPD resources in maths and statistics.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Zoology/Animal Biology, Bachelor's degree Zoology/Animal Biology at Durham UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Biology, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biology, General at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (8)
r-package7
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dataframe3
github-pages3
nas2
skim2
rmarkdown1
seo1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Philip-Leftwich/physalia-lectures-intro-stats
Aug 2022 - Jan 2026
Contributions:6 PRs, 48 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 5 months
Philip-Leftwich/Philip-Leftwich.github.io
May 2020 - Mar 2026
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:463 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 10 months
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