Experience

Invitae

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bioinformatics Scientist (Metagenomics)

  • Feb 2021 - Sep 2022

  I worked on the Metagenomics team to build statistical/machine learning models for microbiome-based diagnostics, NGS-based infectious disease assays, and customer-facing bioinformatic analyses for the One Codex platform. I worked on the Metagenomics team to build statistical/machine learning models for microbiome-based diagnostics, NGS-based infectious disease assays, and customer-facing bioinformatic analyses for the One Codex platform.



One Codex

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bioinformatics Scientist (Metagenomics)

  • Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  I worked at One Codex for one month before the company was acquired by Invitae, developing bioinformatics pipelines for metagenomic sequencing data. I worked at One Codex for one month before the company was acquired by Invitae, developing bioinformatics pipelines for metagenomic sequencing data.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2020

  My postdoc work utilized genome-resolved metagenomics to characterize the abundance, diversity, distribution, and microbial ecology of uncultivated candidate phyla radiation (CPR) bacteria in groundwater ecosystems. My postdoc work utilized genome-resolved metagenomics to characterize the abundance, diversity, distribution, and microbial ecology of uncultivated candidate phyla radiation (CPR) bacteria in groundwater ecosystems.



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ph.D. Student

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2017

  My PhD work was done in a nucleic acid biophysics lab dedicated to prebiotic chemistry. My thesis focused on how viscous environments can drive key prebiotic processes in the RNA World hypothesis: RNA-directed RNA replication and ribozyme catalysis. My PhD work was done in a nucleic acid biophysics lab dedicated to prebiotic chemistry. My thesis focused on how viscous environments can drive key prebiotic processes in the RNA World hypothesis: RNA-directed RNA replication and ribozyme catalysis.