Work:
Houston Methodist Research Institute 2010 to 2000
Research Scientist, Genomic Medicine
Houston Methodist Research Institute 2009 to 2000
Genomics Core Director (Concurrent Admin. Role)
Laboratory of John Baxter, Houston Methodist Research Institute - Houston, TX 2009 to 2010
Research Fellow
Laboratory of Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, Ph.D. Life Science Division, LBNL - Berkeley, CA 2007 to 2009
Research Fellow
Laboratory of Noa Noy, Ph.D., Cornell University - Ithaca, NY 2001 to 2007
Graduate Fellow
University of Glasgow - Glasgow 2000 to 2001
Graduate Fellow
Laboratory of Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Wadsworth Center - Albany, NY 1998 to 2000
Research Assistant
Education:
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY 2007
Ph. D. in Biochemistry
University of Glasgow - Glasgow 2001
Master of Research in Bioinformatics
Union College - Schenectady, NY 2000
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Biology
Skills:
Bioninformatics: +10 years experience in Bioinformatics application development in Java, Python and C; database design and management (MySQL, Oracle). Developed automated analysis pipelines through Python, Perl and Bash scripts. Familiar with Eclipse IDE, source control and Agile project management process and testing-based development. Genomics: 5 years of experience in next generation sequencing (Illumina and Ion Torrent) and expression array analysis. Developed streamlined next-gen library SOPs for sample preparation from clinical samples (frozen, FFPE), contaminant removal and multiplexing. Developed high-throughput robotics protocols for sample processing. Experienced in gene expression analysis methods (ChIP-Seq, BioChIP, MeDIP, RNAseq, miRNAseq). NGS Data Analysis: Managed data analysis server group (Running Redhat, Ubuntu Server and Win Server), including system configuration, job automation, software setup and network configuration and data analysis with BlueBioU HPC group. Experienced in sequence data analysis (Bowtie, MAQ, QuEST, MACS, HPEAK, Galaxy/Cistrome, CLCBio, CASAVA).
