Joy Nyaanga

Senior Bioinformatician

jnyaan@gmail.com | | jnyaanga

About Me

Detail-oriented and self-motivated computational biologist with extensive cross-functional collaborative experience. Proven strengths in R package development, Nextflow pipeline development and high-throughput data analysis. Effective communicator with demonstrated experience in technical communication and teaching. Passionate about problem-solving, educating, and learning.

Experience

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

Senior Bioinformatician 09.2022 - Present

• Perform integrative analysis using NGS data sets.
• Develop and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for various -omics platforms.
• Provide cross-functional analytical support for clinical and research projects.
• Establish R programming educational content for research community.

Northwesterm University

Bioinformatician 05.2022 - 09.2022

• Managed, organized, and analyzed whole-genome sequence data.
• Maintained bioinformatics pipelines for variant calling, population genomics, and genome-wide association mappings.

PhD Candidate 09.2018 - 04.2022

• Conducted extensive analysis of large experimental data sets in R to investigate organismal growth and development.
• Implemented advanced analytical and statistical methods in R including linear mixed effect models, ANOVA/regression models, model selection, and clustering.

Celsius Therapeutics

Data Science Intern 05.2021 - 09.2021

• Analyzed single-cell RNAseq data in R and Python to uncover new insights into disease progression using trajectory inference algorithms.
• Generated comprehensive reports using Rmarkdown and Jupyter to deliver findings with team leads.

Skills

Programming
R - Python - bash - git/GitHub
Computing
Nextflow - Docker - HPC systems

Education

Ph.D. Quantitative Biology

Northwestern University
2022

M.A. Molecular Biology

Princeton University
2018

B.S. Chemistry | B.S. Cell & Molecular Biology

John Carroll University University
2017

Interests

  • Genomics
  • Data Science
  • Mentoring & Education