Badges
Certifications
Work Experience
Data Specialist
Open to Opportunities• January 2022 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Alabama in Huntsville• August 2018 - August 2020
- Automated data preparation and analysis workflows (using Python, Shell, and Tcl) for large scale drug discovery projects to increase efficiency of project completion - Operated high performance computing cluster on Windows HPC Management System - Utilized databases such as NCBI collections, Protein Databank Bank, and DrugBank to obtain data for molecular modeling and drug discovery - Predicted binding of 20 potential drugs to 8,000 different protein structures, generating over 800,000 different models
Research Assistant
Tennessee Technological University• January 2017 - August 2018
-Managed and analyzed data using Shell scripts and Microsoft Excel - Operated high performance computing cluster using Linux, Vi, SSH, and Slurm Workload Manager - Investigated properties of 3D molecular models by implementing statistical methods and probability theory in chemical calculations - Used physics-based algorithms to simulate interactions between proteins for tuberculosis research
Education
University of Alabama - Huntsville
Biological Science, MS• August 2018 - May 2020
Projects based in molecular dynamics and automated work flows. Courses in molecular genetics, biochemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, and programming.
Tennessee Technological University
Chemical Engineering, MS• January 2017 - May 2019
Middle Tennessee State University
Biotechnology, BS• August 2010 - May 2015