Principal Bioinformatics Scientist

• Feb 2023 - Present

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

• Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

Director, Software and Data Science

• Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

* Lead software, algorithm, and device development across diverse portfolio, with a focus in biomedicine and computer vision.* Train and supervise team of software developers and data scientists.* Drive quality and reproducibility across development lifecycle.

Senior Software Developer

• Feb 2019 - Apr 2021

* Designed and led architecture for vTag line of machine vision devices and cloud service (Python/C++, PostgreSQL, AWS, Flask, WebSockets).* Reduced per-part vTag image processing time and system cycle time by 10×–30×.

Senior Scientist

• Aug 2017 - Apr 2021

* Developed small RNA-Seq bioinformatics pipeline supporting identification of circulating miRNA biomarkers (nextflow, docker, Python).* Performed statistical and machine learning modeling to identify small RNA biomarkers of radiation response (R, Python. Key methods: survival analysis, differential expression, bootstrapping, clustering).* Reduced memory usage of commercial Qiagen QiaSEQ analysis by 100×.

Senior Software Developer

• Feb 2019 - Apr 2021

Bioinformatics Consultant

• Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

Research, PhD Candidate

• 2010 - Mar 2015

* Studying the ionic basis of neuronal excitability * PhD Thesis: Regulation of hippocampal pyramidal neuron excitability by subthreshold voltage-dependent conductances * Designed biophysical neuron simulation framework using Markov models and Gillespie’s algorithm for fast stochastic performance. Written in modern Fortran, with Python/NumPy prototype. * Wrote open-source data access library in C for proprietary binary format. * Modernized and integrated legacy codebase and language by designing a modular data analysis toolbox API for Igor Pro language. * Released first native unit test framework for the Igor Pro language. Show less

Co Director

• Sep 2012 - Jan 2015

* Managed over 100 teachers serving 60 underserved high school students each season. * Grew program five-fold. * Developed new inquiry-based health sciences curriculum and practices. * Managed over 100 teachers serving 60 underserved high school students each season. * Grew program five-fold. * Developed new inquiry-based health sciences curriculum and practices.

Research Associate

• 2007 - 2009

* Studied activity and regulation of the yeast phosphoinositide 4-phosphatase, Sac1p. * Managed technical staff * Wrote full-stack lab information management system (LIMS). in Python/Pylons for tracking scientific resources across institute, with custom PostgreSQL database and Lucene-based search. In daily use for 6 years. * Studied activity and regulation of the yeast phosphoinositide 4-phosphatase, Sac1p. * Managed technical staff * Wrote full-stack lab information management system (LIMS). in Python/Pylons for tracking scientific resources across institute, with custom PostgreSQL database and Lucene-based search. In daily use for 6 years.

Teaching Assistant

• 2006 - 2007

Writing Tutor

• 2004 - 2007