Dr Andy Timmins

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2016	Post-Doc	University of Adelaide, Adelaide
  2012 - 2015	Post-Doc	University of Adelaide, Adelaide
  2005 - 2011	Project-Officer (part-time/casual)	Geelong City Council
  2000 - 2010	Part-time Farmer	Self-employed
  1990 - 1998	I.T. Consultant	Self-employed
  1989 - 1990	Post-Doc	John Innes Centre (BBSRC), Norwich
  1984 - 1985	Research Officer	Cancer Research UK (CRUK), London
  1984 - 1985	Secondary School Teacher (Science	Rokeby School

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  1988 - 1988	Imperial College London, London	United Kingdom	M.Sc. Computing Science
  1984 - 1987	University of Bath, Bath	United Kingdom	Ph.D.
  1980 - 1983	Imperial College London, London	United Kingdom	B.Sc. Biology

• Certifications

  Date	Title	Institution name	Country
  0	Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Jump Start	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Windows Azure Security Overview	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Hadoop and the Amazon Cloud	IBM	—
  0	Big Data Analytics	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	An introduction to High Performance Computing and	eResearch SA	—
  0	R Programming	DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS, JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH	—
  0	Practical Machine Learning	DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS, JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH	—
  0	Network Analysis in Systems Biology	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	—
  0	The Data Scientist’s Toolbox	DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS, JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH	—
  0	Introduction To Windows Azure Training	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Big Data Analytics	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Introduction to Microsoft SQL Azure	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Implementing a Data Warehouse with SQL Server Jump	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	HTML5 & CSS3 Fundamentals: Development for Absolut	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Developing Windows Azure and Web Services Jump Sta	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Jump	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications Jump Sta	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	C# Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginner	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start	Micorosft Virtual Academy	—
  0	Hadoop Fundamentals I	IBM	—

• Research Interests

  Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling Applied Statistics Bioinformatics Distributed Computing Genomics Information and Computing Sciences Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2019	Garcia, M., Eckermann, P., Haefele, S., Satija, S., Sznajder, B., Timmins, A., . . . Fleury, D. (2019). Genome-wide association mapping of grain yield in a diverse collection of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) evaluated in southern Australia. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0211730-1-e0211730-19. DOI
  2016	Shirdelmoghanloo, H., Taylor, J., Lohraseb, I., Rabie, H., Brien, C., Timmins, A., . . . Collins, N. (2016). A QTL on the short arm of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) chromosome 3B affects the stability of grain weight in plants exposed to a brief heat shock early in grain filling. BMC Plant Biology, 16(1), 100-1-100-15. DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC4
  2016	Mahjourimajd, S., Taylor, J., Sznajder, B., Timmins, A., Shahinnia, F., Rengel, Z., . . . Langridge, P. (2016). Genetic basis for variation in wheat grain yield in response to varying nitrogen application. PLoS ONE, 11(7), 1-18. DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  2015	Nguyen, V., Fleury, D., Timmins, A., Laga, H., Hayden, M., Mather, D., & Okada, T. (2015). Addition of rye chromosome 4R to wheat increases anther length and pollen grain number. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(5), 953-964. DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC8
  1992	Timmins, W., & Reynolds, S. (1992). Azadirachtin inhibits secretion of trypsin in midgut of Manduca sexta caterpillars: reduced growth due to impaired protein digestion. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 63(1), 47-54. DOI
  1992	Timmins, W., & Reynolds, S. (1992). Physiological mechanisms underlying the control of meal size in Manduca sexta larvae. Physiological Entomology, 17(1), 81-89. DOI
  1988	Timmins, W., Bellward, K., Stamp, A., & Reynolds, S. (1988). Food intake, conversion efficiency, and feeding behaviour of tobacco hornworm caterpillars given artificial diet of varying nutrient and water content. Physiological Entomology, 13(3), 303-314. DOI
  1986	Reynolds, S., Yeomans, M., & Timmins, W. (1986). The feeding behaviour of caterpillars (Manduca sexta) on tobacco and on artificial diet. Physiological Entomology, 11(1), 39-51. DOI

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2017	Co-Supervisor	Feasibility Study for Ranked Set Sampling in Typical Modern Agronomy Trials nder Different Designs	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Peter Josef Kasprzak
  2017	Co-Supervisor	Examining the Efficiency and Voracity of Big Data in Precision Horticultural Production	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Christopher Sam De Ieso

• Phone: 0456137251
• Email: andy.timmins@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: Waite
• Building: Waite, floor 2
• Org Unit: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine