Alexei Drummond

computational biologist in New Zealand
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Alexei Drummond is a researcher, computer scientist, university teacher, and scientific collector[1][2]. He works in the fields of bioinformatics, software engineering, and zoology[1]. He was educated at the University of Auckland[3] and has been employed by the same institution since 2013[4].

His contributions have been recognized with several awards, including a Fellowship of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, the Hill Tinsley Medal, a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, a James Cook Research Fellowship, and the Hamilton Award[5][6][7][8][9].

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1976[7]
  • Field of work: bioinformatics[8], software engineering[9], zoology[10]
  • Employer: University of Auckland[11]
  • Doctoral advisor: Allen Gerard Rodrigo[12], David Saul[13], Peter R. Wills[14]
  • Award received: Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[15], Hill Tinsley Medal[16], Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[17], James Cook Research Fellowship[18], Hamilton Award[19]
  • Sex or gender: male[20]
  • Doctoral student: Roman Teo Oliynyk[21], Jordan Douglas[22], Andrew Dopheide[23], Alexandra Gavryushkina[24], Chieh-Hsi Wu[25], Cinthy Lorena Jiménez-Silva[26], Kylie Chen[27]
  • Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy[28]
  • Family name: Drummond[29]
  • Given name: Alexei[30], J.[31]
  • Academic thesis: Computational Statistical Inference for Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics[32]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[33]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NZThesisProject[34]
  • Collection items at: New Zealand Arthropod Collection[35]

FAQs

What did Alexei Drummond do for work?

Alexei Drummond worked as a researcher[2], computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and scientific collector[5].

What awards did Alexei Drummond receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[15], Hill Tinsley Medal[16], Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[17], and James Cook Research Fellowship[18].

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  18. [21] ↑ . Future Preventive Gene Therapy of Polygenic Diseases from a Population Genetics Perspective. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . The Kinetics of RNA Polymerase: Visualisation, Simulation, and Inference. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [28] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.

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  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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