scientific research, and modern statistical methodology.
+ Wrote software and designed relational databases using R, perl, C,
SQL, make, and very large computational systems.
+
## Postdoctoral Researcher at USC 2013--2015
+ Primarily responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of an
epidemiological study to identify genomic variants associated with
archive large datasets resulting from genomic sequencing.
+ Coordinated with clinicians, molecular biologists, and biologists to
produce analyses and major reports.
+
## Postdoctoral Researcher at UCR 2010--2012
+ Primarily responsible for the execution and analysis of an
epidemiological study to identify genomic variants associated with
the Los Angeles and greater United States.
+ Wrote and maintained multiple software components to reproducibly
perform the analyses.
+
## Debian Developer 2004--Present
+ Maintained, managed configurations, and resolved issues in multiple
packages written in R, perl, python, scheme, C++, and C.
provided leadership as the elected chair of the Technical Committee.
+ Developer of [Debbugs](https://bugs.debian.org), a perl and SQL-based issue-tracker with ≥ 100
million entries with web, REST, and SOAP interfaces.
+
## Independent Systems Administrator 2004--Present
+ Researched, recommended, budgeted, designed, deployed, configured,
operated, and monitored highly-available high-performance enterprise
+ Full life-cycle support of medium and small business networking
infrastructure, including VPN, network security, wireless networks,
routing, DNS, DHCP, and authentication.
+
# Education
+ Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology at UC Riverside
+ Batchelor of Science (BS) in Biology at UC Riverside
+ Data mining, cleaning, processing and quality assurance of data
sources and products using tidydata formalisms
+ Visualization using *R*, ggplot, Shiny, and custom written routines.
+
## Software Development
+ Languages: perl, R, C, C++, python, groovy, sh, make
+ Collaborative Development: git, travis, continuous integration,
+ Databases: Postgresql (PL/SQL), SQLite, Mysql, NoSQL
+ Office Software: Gnumeric, Libreoffice, \LaTeX, Word, Excel,
Powerpoint
+
## Genomics and Epigenomics
+ NGS and array-based Genomics and Epigenomics of complex human
diseases using RNA-seq, targeted DNA sequencing, RRBS, Illumina
testing, confounders, and batch effects using Bayesian and
frequentist methods approaches
+ Using evolutionary genomics to identify causal human variants
+
## Statistics
+ Statistical modeling (regression, inference, prediction, and
learning in very large (> 1TB) datasets)
+ Addressing confounders and batch effects
+ Reproducible research
+
## Big Data
+ Parallel and Cloud Computing (slurm, torque, AWS, OpenStack, Azure)
+ Inter-process communication: MPI, OpenMP
+ Filestorage: Gluster, CEFS, GPFS, Lustre
+ Linux system administration
+
## Genomics and Epigenomics
+ Linkage and association-based mapping of complex phenotypes using
next-generation sequencing and arrays
+ Alignment, annotation, and variant calling using existing and custom
software
+
## Mentoring and Leadership
+ Mentored graduate students and Outreachy and Google Summer of Code
interns
+ Former chair of Debian's Technical Committee
+
## Communication
+ Strong written communication skills as evidenced by publication
record
+ Strong verbal and presentation skills as evidenced by presentation
and teaching record
+
## Consortia Involvement
+ *H3A Bionet*: Generating workflows and cloud resources for H3 Africa
+ *Psychiatric Genomics Consortium*: Identification of epigenetic
variants which are correlated with PTSD.
+ *SLEGEN*: System lupus erythematosus genetics consortium.
+
# Authored Software
+ *[Debbugs](http://bugs.debian.org)*: Bug tracking software for the Debian GNU/Linux
distribution. [https://bugs.debian.org]
enables Bayesian approaches to significance testing.
+ *[Helical Wheel Projections](http://rzlab.ucr.edu/scripts/wheel/wheel.cgi?sequence=ABCDEFGHIJLKMNOP&submit=Submit)*: Web-based tool to draw helical wheel
protein projections. [http://rzlab.ucr.edu/scripts/wheel]
+
# Publications and Presentations
+ 24 peer-reviewed publications cited over 1800 times:
https://dla2.us/pubs
RFA-HD-16-037) Role: Key Personnel
+ *NIAMS* R01-AR045650-04 *Genetics of Childhood Onset SLE* to Chaim O. Jacob.
Role: Key Personnel
+
## Scholarships and Fellowships
+ 2001--2003: University of California, Riverside Doctoral Fellowship
+ 1997--2001: Regents of the University of California Scholarship.
-#Academic Information
+# Academic Information
You can also read my [curriculum_vitae](Curriculum Vitæ)
([dla-cv.pdf](pdf)), [research_statement](Research Statement)