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# Education
## UC Riverside
+ **PhD** in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
+ **BS** in Biology

# Skills
## Genomics and Epigenomics
+ Genomics and Epigenomics of complex human diseases including
  PTSD, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Alzheimer's Disease using
  cross-sectional and longitudinal experimental designs
+ Correcting for and experimental design to overcome multiple
  testing, confounders, and batch effects using Bayesian and
  frequentist methods approaches
+ Reproducible, scalable analysis using workflows on cloud- and
  cluster-based systems on terabyte-scale datasets
+ Using evolutionary genomics to identify causal human variants

## Statistics
+ Statistical modeling
+ Addressing confounders and batch effects
+ Reproducible research

## Big Data
+ Parallel and Cloud Computing
+ Inter-process communication: MPI, OpenMP, Hadoop
+ Filestorage: Gluster, CEFS, GPFS, Lustre
+ Cloud based-infrastructure: Azure, AWS, Docker, cloud-init
+ Debian GNU/Linux system administration

## Mentoring and Leadership
+ Mentored graduate students and Outreachy and Google Summer of Code
  interns
+ Chairperson of the Debian Technical Committee
+ Head developer behind https://bugs.debian.org

## Software Development
+ Languages: perl, R, C, C++, python, groovy, assembly, sh, make
+ Collaborative Development: git, travis, continuous integration,
  automated testing
+ Databases: Postgresql (PL/SQL), SQLite, Mysql

## Communication
+ Strong written communication skills as evidenced by publication
  record
+ Strong verbal and presentation skills as evidenced by presentation
  and teaching record

# Experience
## Research Scientist at UIUC
+ 2015--Present. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Epigenetic
  modifications associated with PTSD, the genomic basis of the
  development of parturition in mammals, and detecting adverse
  pregnancy outcomes using urinary exosomes.

## Postdoctoral Researcher at USC
+ 2013--2015. Identifying genes and causal alleles associated with
  Systemic Lupus Erythematosus using genome-wide association,
  next-generation sequencing, computational and biochemical
  approaches.

## Postdoctoral Researcher at UCR
+ 2010--2012. Identifying genes which are associated with Systemic
  Lupus Erythematosus using prior information and targeted trio-based
  studies.

## Debian Developer
+ 2004--Present. \emph{Debian Project}, Developer; Technical Committee
  Member (2010--Present), Technical Committee Chair (2015--2016).

# Authored Software
+ **[Debbugs](http://bugs.debian.org)**: Bug tracking software for the Debian GNU/Linux
   distribution. [https://bugs.debian.org]
+ **[CairoHacks](http://git.donarmstrong.com/r/CairoHacks.git)**:
  Bookmarks and Raster images for large PDF plots in R.
+ **[Function2Gene](http://rzlab.ucr.edu/function2gene/)**: Gene
   selection tool based on literature mining which 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
+ 20 peer-reviewed refereed publications cited over 1700 times:
  [https://dla2.us/pubs]
+ Publication record in GWAS, expression analysis of microarrays,
  epigenetics, comparative evolution of mammals, and lipid membranes
+ H index of 11
+ Multiple presentations on EWAS of PTSD, genetics of SLE, and Open
  Source: [https://dla2.us/pres]

# Funding and Awards
## Grants
+ 2017 R Consortium:
  **[Adding Linux Binary Builders to R-Hub](https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2017/04/03/q1-2017-isc-grants)**
  Role: Co-PI
+ 2015 Blue Waters Allocation Grant: **Making ancestral trees using Bayesian
  inference to identify disease-causing genetic variants** Role:
  Primary Investigator
+ **Tracking placenta and uterine funciton using urinary extracellular vesicles** (R21
  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

You can also read my [Curriculum Vitæ](curriculum_vitae)
([pdf](dla-cv.pdf)), [Research Statement](research_statement)
([pdf](research_statement.pdf)),
and [Teaching Statement](teaching_statement)
([pdf](teaching_statement.pdf)).

For my contact information or additional references, please e-mail
<don@donarmstrong.com>