Experience

Research · Data · Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics & multi-omics08/2022 – 05/2027

PhD Researcher

St. John's University · Santos Lab

Build and maintained reproducible RNA-seq and mitogenomic pipelines; lead 6 projects in molecular evolution and chemical defense.

RNA-seqMitogenomicsSnakemake

AI / ML data02/2025 – 06/2025

Data Specialist

Structify AI

Structured and validated 5,000+ unstructured datasets into analysis-ready inputs for ML models.

Data QCML pipelinesPython

Cloud bioinformatics08/2024 – 06/2025

Bioinformatics Intern

Toyoko LLC

Containerized a cloud bioinformatics environment for reproducible, portable deployment.

DockerCloudReproducibility

Comparative genomics08/2021 – 08/2022

Computational Biology Research Associate

American Museum of Natural History / CUNY

Ran de novo genome assemblies to study the evolution of cranial appendages in artiodactyls.

Genome assemblyHPC

Biomarker analysis06/2021 – 10/2022

Molecular Evolution Laboratory Intern

New York University · Higham Lab

Quantified glucocorticoid biomarkers of aging in primate models (NIA-funded).

BiomarkersAssays

Translational research06/2020 – 08/2021

Cancer Biology Research Intern

Brooklyn College · Saxena Lab

Studied nucleolin as a therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.

Cell cultureOncology

Microbial data curation04/2020 – 06/2021

Undergraduate Microbiology Intern

Cornell University · Mason Lab

Curated metadata for 200+ microbes in public microbiome databases.

MetadataDatabases

Molecular modeling03/2018 – 05/2021

Computational Biochemistry Researcher

Hunter College · Marianski Lab

Modeled virus–glycan binding with molecular dynamics; led to a Carbohydrate Research paper.

GROMACSMolecular dynamics

Capabilities index

Data · ML · Cloud · Science

ProgrammingPython · R · SQL · Bash · NumPy · pandas · Markdown

Data science & MLscikit-learn · supervised & unsupervised learning · regression · clustering · statistical modeling

Cloud & DevOpsAWS · Docker · Conda · Git · Snakemake · Jupyter · reproducible pipelines

Data engineeringData QC & validation · ETL-style cleaning of 5,000+ datasets · metadata curation · relational databases

BioinformaticsRNA-seq · scRNA-seq · mitogenomics · genome assembly · BLAST · NCBI · Ensembl

Domain scienceMolecular evolution · phylogenetics · multi-omics integration · molecular dynamics · statistics

CommunicationGraduate instruction · cross-functional mentoring · scientific editorial leadership · press writing