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Greg Wilson is a prominent figure in software engineering education and research, best known for pioneering the evidence-based study of how scientists and engineers learn to code. His major contributions include founding and leading the Software Carpentry initiative, which has taught foundational computing skills to tens of thousands of researchers worldwide, and authoring the influential textbook *How to Teach Programming (and Other Things)*. Wilson’s work has profoundly shaped modern computational literacy, with his most-cited paper, “Update to ‘Robotic Mars Exploration Strategy 2007-2016’,” accumulating 4 citations—a modest figure that belies his broader impact as a thought leader. Beyond his teaching innovations, he has contributed to the design of programming languages and tools, and his blog, “It Will Never Work in Theory,” critically examines software engineering research. Wilson’s achievements include receiving the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award and being a vocal advocate for open science and reproducible research. His legacy lies not in raw citation counts but in transforming how entire communities approach coding and collaboration.