Arafat Rahman
Postdoctoral Researcher at Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolArafat Rahman is a postdoctoral researcher and genomics-focused bioinformatician with nine years of experience studying bacterial genetics, molecular epidemiology, and host-microbe interactions. He combines a PhD in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics from UC Riverside with hands-on tool development—authoring bioinformatics pipelines like Beav (packaged in Bioconda) and the Tangler R package for cophylogeny visualization. His work spans peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and teaching at both university and workshop levels, where he mentors students in sequencing, HPC, and microbial genomics. Based in Corvallis, he bridges computational methods and wet-lab questions, with a track record of translating research into reproducible software and community training.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics at University of California, RiversideMaster's degree, Microbiology, General, Master's degree, Microbiology, General at University of Dhaka
English, Bengali
Github Skills (21)
chord-diagram10
package-management10
conda10
circos10
bioinformatics10
genomics-visualization9
microbial-genomics9
bioconda9
comparative-genomics9
genomics9
phylogenetic-trees9
radar-chart7
python6
visualization6
matplotlib6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
acarafat/bioconda-recipes
Oct 2023 - May 2024
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Contributions:53 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
acarafat/BioinfUtils
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:29 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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