CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), National Cancer InstituteFrederick National Laboratory | Leidos Biomedical Research • Member of a collaborative bioinformatics core that supports the Center for Cancer Research• Developer and maintainer of highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and reliable bioinformatics pipelines running on-premise (high-performance computing environments) and in the cloud• Experience with handling multiple projects spanning transcriptomics (RNA-seq and Microarray), epigenetics (ChIP-seq, EPIC Methylation array), and variant analysis (WES/WGS)• Migrated complex, highly distributed on-premise bioinformatics pipeline to the cloud• Transcriptomics team specialist driving the development and benchmarking of pipelines to quantify and visualize gene expression, pathway enrichment, isoform regulation, alternative splicing events, viral integration, RNA-RNA interactions, and RNA secondary structure• Point-of-contact for CCR staff and principal investigators needing assistance implementing, analyzing, and interpreting next-generation sequencing experiments• Guest lecturer at the NCI’s Bioinformatics Training and Education Program (BTEP) teaching RNA-seq best practices in experimental design, analysis, and interpretation• Contribute to cross-functional collaboration with the Sequencing facility at Frederick National Laboratory and NIAID’s Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (NCBR) for technical development • Provide end-to-end project lifecycle support for collaborators starting from raw data to custom pipeline development to manuscript co-authorship

Biodemography | Python | Data-mining | Combinatorial optimization• Devised a novel method for utilizing frequent item-set data mining techniques to find conserved patterns in the different global causes of mortality.Understanding Mortality and AgingCenter for the Study of Biological Complexity & Department of Computer ScienceLabs of Dr. Tarynn Witten and Dr. Alberto Cano

BNFO 420 | Python | Capstone-Class | OOP• Demonstrated ability to communicate highly technical information in a clear and concise manner for the development of novel tools and methods to fight against the Influenza virus. • Designed a bioinformatics oriented curriculum that incorporated various computational skills-- focusing specifically on pipeline development and object-oriented programming. Addressed the needs of students by imparting direct, integrative expertise in the form of computational, quantitative, and biological knowledge.

BNFO 201 | Python | Effective CommunicationEvaluated student's homework and programming projects related to algorithm design, implementation and bioinformatics analysis. Maintained help sessions twice a week and provided constructive feedback for students with questions.

Django | mySQL | Relational Database Design | System Administration• Developed a three-tiered web application with a team that provides a catalog of over 10,000 reptile species and their classification. Reptile DatabaseCenter for the Study of Biological ComplexityLab of Dr. Peter Uetz