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
• 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
• Managed, organized, and analyzed whole-genome sequence data.
• Maintained bioinformatics pipelines for variant calling, population
genomics, and genome-wide association mappings.
• 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
• 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 University2022
M.A. Molecular Biology
Princeton University2018
B.S. Chemistry | B.S. Cell & Molecular Biology
John Carroll University University2017