Professional Experience
Bioinformatician at Leidos.Inc (CDC-Contractor) - Jan 2024 to Present
Projects:
- Toxic Silicosis Study: Led RNA-Seq transcriptomics analysis, improving data quality for public health guidelines on crystalline silica exposure in smokers. Manuscript under submission.
- Legionella Nextflow Workflow Development: Designed and optimized Nextflow pipeline, reducing data processing time by 35%, improving Legionella genomic analysis for epidemiological surveillance.
- Sourmash Nextflow Workflow: Increased genomic signature processing throughput by 40%, enabling scalable analysis for public health initiatives.
- Crankshaft Contribution: Contributed to the Crankshaft project, a Rust-based headless workflow engine designed for scalable bioinformatics analysis.
- Aquascope & C-WAP Pipeline Development: Optimized pathogen surveillance pipeline, enabling efficient processing of short-read and long-read sequencing data for SARS-CoV-2 genomic analysis.
- AI/ML for Cervical Cancer: Applied machine learning (KNN, SVM, Random Forest) to develop predictive models, improving early detection of cervical cancer.
Training, Operations, and Outreach Lead at Leidos.Inc (CDC-Contractor) - June 2021 to Dec 2023
Managed a team of 15, overseeing technical support for CDC scientists on bioinformatics and scientific computing platforms.
- Developed and delivered 170+ web-based training sessions, impacting 2,500+ CDC scientists.
- Coordinated and refined outreach strategies to enhance the visibility and impact of bioinformatics services.
- Developed and updated user-friendly guides, SOPs, and knowledge base articles.
Teaching Positions
- Lecturer, Clemson University – Aug 2020 to May 2021
- Adjunct Instructor, Tri-County Technical College – Aug to Dec 2024
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College – Sept 2019 to Aug 2020
- Adjunct Instructor, Lansing Community College – Aug 2019 to May 2020
Post-Doctoral Scientist
- Clemson University – May 2015 to Dec 2018
- North Carolina State University – May 2014 to May 2015