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Education
- PhD Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Virginia Tech 2011
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science University of Illinois Springfield – 2005
Academic Appointments
- Online Adjunct Faculty of Computer Science, BYU-Idaho: 2024 – Present
- Online Adjunct Faculty of Computer Science, University of the Cumberlands: 2023 – Present
- Faculty of Computer Science, BYU-Idaho: 2020 – 2021
- Online Instructor, BYU-Idaho: 2018 – 2020
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Southern Virginia University: 2017 – 2018
- Visiting Faculty of Computer Science, BYU-Idaho: 2015 – 2017
- CS/EE Adjunct, BYU-Idaho: 2014 – 2015
- Bioinformatician, EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute: 2012 – 2014
- Research Assistant, Tyler Lab Virginia Bioinformatics Institute: 2006 – 2011
University Courses Designed & Taught
- Machine Learning and Data Science with Python and R
- Mobile Design and Development
- Procedural Programming in C++
- Object-Oriented Programming in C++
- Data Structures & Algorithms in C++
- Introductory Programming in Python
- Introductory Programming in Java
- Database Systems with PostgreSQL
- Theory of Computation
- Game Design
- Client-Side Web Development
- Server-Side Web Development
- Introductory Programming in C#
- Advanced Multiplayer Game Design
- Games for Learning and Simulation
- Essentials of Gamification
University Citizenship Assignments
- Digital Literacy Committee – SVU
- Course design council – BYU-Idaho
- AI Faculty Mentor – BYU-Idaho
Publications
- Ensembl Genomes 2016: more genomes, more complexity.
Kersey, Paul; et al. – Nucl. Acids Res. (04 January 2016) 44 (D1): D574-D580 - Ensembl Genomes 2013: Scaling up access to genome-wide data.
Kersey, Paul; et al. – Nucl. Acids Res. (1 January 2014) 42 (D1): D546-D552 - Using Interpolation to Estimate System Uncertainty in Gene Expression Experiments.
Falin LJ, Tyler BM (2011) – PLoS ONE 6(7): e22071.
Conference Presentations
- Adapting Teaching to the Needs of the Learner
VT Hokie Stone Commemoration – 2010 - System Uncertainty in Gene Expression Data
VT Graduate Research Symposium – 2010 - Microarray Data Inference
ACC Interdisciplinary Forum for Discovery in the Life Sciences – 2010 - Microarray Data Inference
ISCB Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology – 2010 - OpenCL – Now everyone has a super computer (almost)
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute – 2009 - Inference of Functional Modules in Regulatory Networks
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute – 2007
Languages
- English: Native Proficiency
- Brazilian Portuguese: Professional Working Proficiency
Selected Industry Experience
- Freelance Data Scientist / Technical Consultant: Sep 2017 – Present
- Software Engineer at Rogue Amoeba (Various Capacities): Jan 2009 – Present
- Lead Data Scientist at Featurespace: Sep 2022 – Mar 2023
- Bioinformatician at the European Bioinformatics Institute: Jul 2012 – May 2014
- Principal Software Developer / Owner at CrewPlannr: Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
- Principal Software Developer / Owner at Polarian: Jan 2005 – Mar 2008