I work in the Genome Data Analytics team at Monsanto, focusing on pipeline development and data analysis for next-generation sequencing data. Specialties include - RNA-seq differential expression analysis- transcriptome assembly/annotation.- adhoc bioinformatic analysis using R/bioconductor- bioinformatics computing using docker/aws- Development of R/Shiny web apps for data analysis and visualization- Analysis of metagenomic (16S) data

Bioinformatics scientist at Monsanto (contracting through Bradford and Galt). Responsibilities included pipeline development and analysis of next-generation RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data, transcript assembly and annotation.

- studied aberrant hormone receptor signaling in Breast and Prostate Cancer- developed bioinformatic analysis pipelines for analysis of differential expression via RNA-seq and transcription factor binding/epigenetic modifications via ChIP-seq- analyzed and interpreted next-gen sequencing data for several collaborative projectshttp://epigenomics.wustl.edu/edwardsLab/index.php/home

- Developed a computational model of the canine epicardial cell currently used in one of the world’s leading cardiac cell modeling laboratories- Used computational models to explore how changes in cellular ionic currents promote arrhythmias after infarction- Programmed and implemented complex models of cardiac cells and tissue in C++- Developed algorithms for parallel computation of large scale cell and tissue simulations on a Linux cluster using MPI and pthreads

I moved from CWRU to Washington University in Saint Louis with my research adviser, Yoram Rudy.

- Participated in development and testing of a novel device for sorting and detection of target cells based on immunomagnetic labeling and flow-through magnetic sorting.- Co-authored research papers analyzing device performance for the isolation and detection of rare cells, including breast cancer cells