Thomas Forest

About

Studies & Background

Originally a biochemist and biologist, I started studying bioinformatics approaches during my second year of undergraduate studies. I went on to obtain a bachelor's degree in biology and computer science at the University Paris Diderot, followed by a master's degree in bioinformatics at the University of Paris, from which I graduated in 2020.

PhD. Thesis

Between 2021 and 2024, I did my PhD under the supervision of Guillaume Achaz, Jérôme Fuchs and Amaury Lambert on the quantification of species decline using population genetics models based on genomic data. I was hosted by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle and the Collège de France in Paris.

Quantifying demographic change is a common but challenging issue in population genetics. During my PhD, techniques based on genetic information were experimented on a diverse set of animal taxa, which exhibit different types of demographic history at different time scales, among which: butterflies (Zygaena corsica), bumblebees (Bombus pascuorum, Bombus soroeensis), mussels (Margaritifera auricularia, Pseudunio auricularius), birds (Picus viridis, Hirundo rustica), etc.

Work

Open

Free (as in freedom) software enthusiast, I enjoy my journey through bioinformatics discoveries.

GNU/Linux user since 2010, I like the convenience of scripting to make things done in a simple and efficient way. I try to document my discoveries under Page Libre Documentation and share my own scripts and source codes on my Gitea instance.

Contact

If you want to contact me: thomas (at) frst (dot) tf.

• GitHub

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