Nolan Ung Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, United States

Facilitate outstanding research by providing scientists with support in statistical analyses, experimental design, simple software development, and analytical education, communicating results and collaborating with experimentalists, biologists, engineers and stakeholders, while developing the bioanalytical team.- Hire, oversee and manage a small team of biological data analysts ( 3 Analysts). Prioritize and manage day to day duties, provide guidance and direction for statistical analysis data cleaning and upstream pre-processing.- put organizational systems in place to streamline collaboration between experimentalists and bioanalytical team. - Perform data management, pre and post-processing, and statistical analysis in collaboration with Principal Investigators for complex research projects.- Assist in experimental design to minimize confounders and maximize biological insight and hypothesis testing to inform research and operational decisions. - Perform quality control and quality assurance on datasets by performing diagnostic analyses and reviewing results for anomalies. Investigate to determine cause and makes suggestions and corrections if necessary.- Create concise and informative, static and dynamic data visualizations to display results or inform research decisions.- Designed and implemented a course for research staff to teach them the basics of the statistical programming language R, strengthening the statistical foundation and computational literacy of the institute.- Assists in writing research papers for publication.- Engineered three self-contained Rshiny apps that are being used regularly by the scientific and administrative staff that streamline daily analyses, allowing them to complete work in hours which would normally take days.- Evaluates recommends and implements procedures for data management and quality control. Develop input methodology and data file structure. Oversee data entry and maintenance of data files.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Facilitate outstanding research by providing scientists with support in statistical analyses, experimental design, simple software development, and analytical education.- Perform data management, pre and post-processing, and statistical analysis under the direction of Principal Investigators for complex research projects. - Assist in experimental design to minimize confounders and maximize biological insight and hypothesis testing. - Perform quality control and quality assurance on datasets by performing diagnostic analyses and reviewing results for anomalies. Investigate to determine cause and makes corrections if necessary. - Create concise and informative, static and dynamic data visualizations to display results or inform research decisions. - Designed and implemented a course for research staff to teach them the basics of the statistical programming language R, strengthening the statistical foundation and computational literacy of the institute.- Assists in writing research papers for publication.- Engineered three self-contained apps that are being used regularly by the scientific and administrative staff that streamline daily analyses, allowing them to complete work in hours which would normally take days.- Evaluates recommends and implements procedures for data management and quality control. Develop input methodology and data file structure. Oversee data entry and maintenance of data files.

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Spearheaded collaboration with multiple labs to perform state-of-the-art drop-seq, single cell RNAseq and analysis to understand the single cell basis of miRNA in immune responses. *Implemented particle tracking techniques to quantify proliferation and death of single cell using video bioinformatics. *Experienced with using Matlab and R for automated data analysis, and data visualization. *Studies on B cell activation, regulation of B-cell differentiation and leukemogenesis.*Characterization of the effect on non-coding RNAs in B cells. * proficient with analysis software such as Prism, Excel, Adobe illustrator Fiji, and ImageJ* Honed skills in grant writing, managing people, manuscript writing lab organization.

Riverside Ca

-As A graduate student in the lab of Dr. Natasha Raikhel, I study endomembrane trafficking in the model system Arabidopsis thaliana.- I am trying to understand the cellular connection between endomembrane trafficking an abiotic stress. -I am pursuing this by using a combination of classical genetics, chemical genetics, engineering, image analysis, and molecular biology. - My pursuits in the Raikhel lab have resulted in a paper on chemical biology and a poster at the 2011 ASPB Plant Biology conference as well as a presentation at the 2012 Midwest Plant cell biology conference.

Riverside Ca

- I completed an undergraduate research project in Dr. Harley Smith's lab where I studied meristem the molecular mechanisms of maintenance and the vegetative to floral transition. - To complete this project I used techniques such as in situ hybridization to visualize the expression domains of meristem identity genes and classical genetics techniques to determine the role of two transcription factors in the vegetative to reproductive transition. - My work resulted in three papers, two of which I was first author of. My Work in the Smith lab also earned the Center for Plant cell Biology's Neil Campbell outstanding undergraduate researcher award.

Johnston, Ia

While at Pioneer, I was a member of the Applied Genomics and Technologies Division as a member of the Spectroscopy group. While there, I used image analysis techniques coupled with Hyperspectral imaging to increase product development pipeline efficiency. As an intern, I developed many skills including - Hyperspectral imaging - Specialized equipment installation, maintenance and troublshooting.- Digital data management- Automated image analysis- Statistical analysis

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Botany/Plant Biology

Activities and Societies: Botany and Entomology Undergraduate Student AssociationI received my Ph.D. from the department of Botany.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Botany/Plant Biology

Activities and Societies: Riverside Community Garden, Sustainable UCR, Graduate Student Mentoring Program, S.T.E.M institute mentor, Swing.