Education

• PhD Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1. •Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe Institute, Beijing, China
   

• M.P.H. Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

1. •B.S., Biology and Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
   

Experience

• Senior Scientist, Biota Technology Inc.

• Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL

• Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Group Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Graduate Student Researcher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Genetic Statistical Analyst, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

• Graduate Student Assistant,University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Skills

•   Expertise in metagenomics and microbiomics


•   Fundraising, business development and strategy


•   Intellectual property strategy and writing


1. •  Project management, experimental design, big-data analytics,
   

     modeling complex problems, and statistical method development and analysis

1. •  Expertise in Human Genetics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Population Genetics, Public Health and
   

     Epidemiology

•   Experience in grant and publication writing

1. •  Fluent in R, python, PERL, and experience with laTeX, C++, unix/linux
   

•   Teaching experience in statistics, genetics, population genetics, and histology

1. •  Experienced public speaker and presenter
   

Other

1. •Awarded the James V. Neel Graduate Fellowship and Genome Sciences Fellowship
   

2. •Served as the Faculty Hiring Committee Graduate Student Representative and on the Biomedical Graduate Student Council at the University of Michigan
   

3. •Member of University of Chicago Consulting Club
   

4. •Finalist (1 or 4 teams out of 36) University of Chicago Consulting Club and Bain’s Case Competition 2012 
   

5. •Participant University of Chicago Mini MBA Program 2012