Work:
Joint Genome Institute
Bioinformatics Analyst
Novartis - Emeryville, CA
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
MindSpec Inc - McLean, VA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Duke University
Gradute student
Duke University
Graduate student
Duke University
Graduate student
Duke University - Durham, NC
Summer Intern
West Virginia University
Computer lab manager
West Virginia University
Undergraduate researcher
National Institutes of Health - Morgantown, WV
Summer Intern
Education:
Duke University
Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
West Virginia University
B.S. in Computer Science
Skills:
Programming languages: Perl, C, Visual Basic, BioPerl, Python; Statistical packages: R, Bioconductor, Matlab; Bioinformatics Data/Analysis: Sequence analysis, comparative genomics, genome-wide SNP association, comparative genomic hybridization, program development, gene annotation, data mining (public databases, genome data), gene expression analysis, implementing published statistcal/computational methods; Platforms: Unix, Linux, Windows OS, Mac OS, parallel computing ; Experimental technique: RNA extraction, cell culture, comparative genomic hybridization, PCR, RT-PCR, serial dilutions, DNA purification, tissue homogenization