Nathan Ryder Email & Phone Number

Clive, Ia, Us

Sioux Center, Ia, Us

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Fort Collins, Colorado

Sioux Center, Ia

Supervised by Dr. Jesse Poland, Associate Director of Wheat Genetics Resource Center I/UCRC, and Dordt College Statistics Professor Dr. Nathan Tintle • Test human genetic imputation algorithms on plant genomes and report error• Develop methods for multivariate phenotyping on real and simulated plant data

Sioux Center, Iowa

Dordt College Academic Enrichment Center• Proofread papers and tutor Calculus, Statistics, and Chemistry• Met students weekly to provide constructive feedback and answer questions• Wrote reports summarizing each session and tracking each student’s progressAs a Teacher's Assistant for the Dordt College Chemistry Department• Facilitated a weekly laboratory period for General Chemistry• Supervised and answered questions along with the professor and another TA • Graded lab results, notebooks, and written reports

Sioux Center, Iowa

Supervised by Dordt College Statistics Professor Dr. Nathan Tintle • Identified genes linked to perenniality in Intermediate Wheatgrass • Connected a software pipeline that would receive sequence input, perform a nucleotide BLAST against databases on an offsite cluster, and parse results • Met weekly with supervisor and co-researcher to report progress • Presented work to faculty at Dordt College and at the University of MichiganContinuing research:• Performed RNA extraction on Johnson grass rhizomes harvested in July, 2015• Currently drafting a paper for the sequenced, assembled, and BLASTed reads

Sioux Center, Iowa

Supervised by Dordt College Chemistry Professor Dr. Channon Visscher• Mapped chemical behavior of the atmosphere on exoplanet Gliese 570D • Calculated different equilibriums with NASA’s CEA by preparing inputs of kinetics and abundances that varied in levels of mixing and metallicity• Graphed species outputs in Inkscape and summarized results

Doctoral Candidate: Statistics, Statistics

Bachelor’S Of Arts Degree: Mathematics | Statistics And Chemistry, Gpa 3.77 On A 4.00 Scale

Actor: Three mainstage and three studio productions, Dordt College Theatre Department The Show, Dordt College Week of Welcome Musician.

Leon, Nicaragua

Study abroad program in through the Nehemiah Center in Managua. Each student lived with a Nicaraguan host family and courses covered local.