Built and led the data science team. Managed two other data scientists, contributing toward multiple therapeutic programs. Responsible for design and execution of bioinformatics, software development, and data management activities. Coordinated team meetings and communicated with leadership. Served as subject matter expert in microbiome, bioinformatics, and bioanalytical assay development.Bioinformatics lead for metabolism program, focused on development of rationally designed microbial consortia. Collaborated across the organization to advance program into clinical development. Responsible for community design decisions to ensure product efficacy, and performed bioinformatics activities to ensure safety and identity of cell banks and drug product. Developed new bioanalytical assays and machine learning methods for pharmacokinetic analysis of live biotherapeutics.

Identified molecular interactions within synthetic microbial communities, using a combination of experimental and computational methods, including high-throughput experimental screens, metabolomics, genomics, transcriptomics, and differential equations modelingLed development of genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic assays, authored laboratory protocols, and identified external service providers and collaboratorsMentored graduate students in bioinformatics and software development, and fostered adoption of good data management practices among laboratory members and collaboratorsParticipated in build out of anaerobic microbiology lab, including anaerobic chambers and liquid handling robotsOrganized first annual Madison Microbiome Meeting

Identified molecular interactions within natural microbial communities, using a combination of experimental and bioinformatic methods, including genome-centric metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metabolic modelingDefined data model for my research group's custom laboratory information management system and fostered adoption of good data management practices among research group membersDeveloped algorithm for improved species-level taxonomic assignment within microbiomesCoordinated data and metadata collection and management for GEODES, an interdisciplinary project studying microbially-mediated carbon cycling in freshwater environments

Published multiple metabolic reconstructions and genome-scale metabolic modelsDeveloped algorithm to identify functional differences between microbes using comparative genomics and metabolic modelingIncorporated thermodynamic information into metabolic models using chemoinformatic group contribution methods