CV

Education

• Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
• M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
• B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012

Work experience

• Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
  • GitHub University
  • Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
  • Supervisor: The Users
• Fall 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Merging pull requests
  • Supervisor: Professor Hub
• Summer 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Tagging issues
  • Supervisor: Professor Git

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Cities Is Not Consistent Among Cosmopolitan Plant Species Permalink

Hoffman et al. (2026). "Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Cities Is Not Consistent Among Cosmopolitan Plant Species." Molecular Ecology. 35(3), e70261.

Unearthing soil biodiversity through collaborative genomic research and education Permalink

The BioDIGS Consortium (2025). "Unearthing soil biodiversity through collaborative genomic research and education." Nature Genetics. 58, 3-8.

Insights into the Datasets, Tools, and Training Needs of the AnVIL Community: 2024 Permalink

Isaac et al. (2025). "Insights into the Datasets, Tools, and Training Needs of the AnVIL Community: 2024." F1000 Research. 14, 1-23.

The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights Permalink

Cocciardi et al. (2024). "The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights." Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(9), 1584–1592.

Best practices to evaluate the impact of biomedical research software—metric collection beyond citations Permalink

Afiaz et al. (2024). "Best practices to evaluate the impact of biomedical research software—metric collection beyond citations." Bioinformatics. 40(8), 1-11.

Ten simple rules for teaching an introduction to R Permalink

Hoffman and Wright (2024). "Ten simple rules for teaching an introduction to R." PLOS Computational Biology. 20(5), 1-9.

Opening a conversation on responsible environmental data science in the age of large language models Permalink

Oliver et al. (2024). "Opening a conversation on responsible environmental data science in the age of large language models." Environmental Data Science. 3, 1-17.

Motivation, inclusivity, and realism should drive data science education Permalink

Savonen et al. (2024). "Motivation, inclusivity, and realism should drive data science education." F1000 Research. 12, 1-22.

Talks

Inconsistent patterns of genetic population structure among six cosmopolitan plant species in US cities

August 14, 2025

Talk at Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD, USA

Teaching

Introduction to R for Public Health Researchers

Service and leadership

• Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams