Andrew Frantz
Genomics Engineer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - ALSAC
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Frantz is a Genomics Engineer with nine years of experience applying computer science to genomics research and cloud-based big data workflows. Based at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2020, he works within agile teams to build scalable pipelines and tools that turn large sequencing datasets into actionable results. He’s contributed meaningful backend improvements to the widely used MultiQC project, refactoring and adding parsing and plotting features to an NGS module that improves cross-sample reporting. A quick learner with a Rhodes College computer science background, he blends research experience from intern roles with production-focused engineering. Colleagues rely on him to bridge lab needs and software best practices, translating domain complexity into maintainable code and documentation.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Rhodes College
Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics10
analyse10
python10
mu10
reporting-services9
data-visualisation9
data-visualization9
data-visualizations9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
MultiQC/MultiQC
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Aggregate results from bioinformatics analyses across many samples into a single report.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 10 commits, 3 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the `multiqc/modules/ngsderive` module within the repository. Their contributions include updating documentation links, refactoring code for improved clarity, and adding new functionalities such as parsing sample names and incorporating new subcommands like `encoding` and `junction-annotation`. These changes involved modifications to the module's core logic, data parsing, and plotting capabilities. This suggests a focus on expanding the module's functionality and improving its integration within the MultiQC framework.
multiqcpythonpypianalysesbioconda
stjude-rust-labs/sprocket
Dec 2023 - Apr 2025
A bioinformatics workflow engine built on top of the Workflow Description Language (WDL).
Contributions:7 releases, 99 reviews, 46 PRs in 1 year 3 months
bioinformaticsbioinformatics-pipelinewdlwdl-devtoolswdl-workflow
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