Student Employee—Programmer For Soybase.Org
Washington, Dc, Us
For the past three years, I have been employed as a student worker with the USDA-ARS research unit for the posted ARS position. Here, I have been responsible for specialized web and database visualization programming on SoyBase and related projects. In this position my duties have included working in several redesigns of the website utilizing HTML, CSS, PHP, Java Script, and a MySQL database. I also wrote and implemented a Content management system (CMS) using PHP, Java Script and MySql that aids the SoyBase curator in quickly posting news, events, and other items to the the site as well as improves communication with our user base via RSS feeds. I have also assisted my supervisor by creating several analysis tools as well as modifying preexisting tools. Examples include modifications to a preexisting CMAP install in Perl, PHP and Template Toolkit, work with SyMAP, as well as synteny tools written in Perl and an interface I have created utilizing Google Maps and PHP. Next, I am a part of a team developing a haplotype viewer in HTML, PHP, Perl and Java. Finally, I have the responsibility for maintaining and securing my development workstation, keeping an eye on both system updates and security logs as well as maintaining good security practices such as secure passwords and configurations.