Benjamin Callahan
Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Callahan is an Assistant Professor and interdisciplinary researcher with 12 years of experience applying physics-trained quantitative methods to problems in evolutionary biology, microbiome analytics, and bioinformatics. With a PhD in Physics from UC Santa Barbara and research roles at Stanford, he blends mathematical modeling, algorithm design, and genomic analysis to study adaptation and molecular evolution. He leads experimental and computational projects that bridge theory and data, from simulation and algorithm development to applied microbiome studies. Based in Palo Alto, he brings a rare combination of deep theoretical grounding and practical software experience dating back to early web and embedded development.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Sarah College, Dharamsala, IndiaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Math, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Math at Iowa State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara
Github Skills (36)
taxonomy10
package-management10
microbiology10
conda10
inference10
removal10
marker10
microbiome10
wrapping10
bioconductor10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
phyloseq10
genomics10
qiime10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
benjjneb/DecontamManuscript
Jul 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
benjjneb/decontam
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
Simple statistical identification and removal of contaminants in marker-gene and metagenomics sequencing data
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 22 commits in 3 years 11 months
markermetagenomicssequencing-datastatisticalsequencing
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