I'm a computational biologist with a passion for using genomic data to solve hard problems in biology and evolution. I specialize in population and comparative genomics of insects and primates. With extensive experience in wet and dry lab settings, I bring a unique perspective in managing a productive data pipeline.
I earned my PhD in Pharmacology from Baylor College of Medicine. In my doctoral work I designed and executed computational analyses to solve complex genomics problems, including how a diverse array of eukaryotic species explore their fitness landscape through the fitness effects of natural missense variation.
B.S. Human Development
Research Assistant
Ph.D. Pharmacology
Varied experiences in professional and academic settings has exposed me to myriad methodologies. I believe that these skills and tools, when harnessed with a high-functioning team, have the power to unlock a world of discovery.
Designing and developing appropriate testing paradigms in vivo, in vitro, and in sillico
Primer Design, PCR-PAGE, Western Blotting, Protein Extraction, DNA Extraction, Fly Husbandry, Immunohistochemistry, CNS Dissection, Microscopy, Image Analysis
Jupyter Lab, Python 2 and 3, Seaborn, Matplotlib, Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, R, SLURM
Data Visualization, GraphPad Prism Data Cleaning, Machine Learning, Scripting, Microsoft Excel, Critical Thinking, Communication
Imunohistochemistry, Confocal Microscopy, Drosophila CNS Dissection, Light Microscopy
Orthologous Sequence Alignment, MUSCLE, BLAST, clustalW, pal2nal, PAML
VEP, ANNOVAR, PolyPhen, GATK, Picard, BWA, Stampy, samtools, NCBI SRA
VCF, Bam, Sam, FastQ, Fasta