Will Gammerdinger
Research Associate
Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Departments
Department of Biostatistics
Biography
Will serves as a bioinformatics trainer and research consultant at the core. He completed his PhD at the University of Maryland at College Park while studying the evolution of sex chromosomes within African Cichlids. During his time at UMD, Will also completed a CIRTL certification that included assessing the impact of pre-lecture reading in the undergraduate classroom. Following his PhD, he carried out post-doctoral research at the Institute of Science and Technology - Austria evaluating the evolution of sexual conflict following a whole genome duplication event within Cyprinids. Will's interests include increasing accessibility to bioinformatics tools and resources, improving pedagogy within universities and the implementation of bioinformatics utilities to a wide variety of applications.
Education and Training
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A.B.-B.S., Economics and Biology
Muhlenberg College -
Ph.D., Biology
University of Maryland at College Park -
Post-doc, Biology
Institute of Science and Technology - Austria
Awards and Honors
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Stephen J. O’Brien Award, 2019
American Genetic Association -
ISTPlus Fellowship, 2018 - 2020
Institute of Science and Technology - Austria -
GAANN Fellowship for Mathematics in Biology, 2016 - 2018
University of Maryland at College Park -
Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics Award, 2015
American Genetic Association -
Student Service Award, 2015
University of Maryland at College Park's Biology-BEES