Summary
Caitlin Loeffler is a PhD-level bioinformatics researcher and Graduate Research Assistant with eight years of experience applying omics-driven data analysis to biological questions. She combines rigorous computational pipelines with reproducible research practices to translate high-dimensional clinical and experimental data into actionable insights. Her work spans academia and industry, including a stint at Gilead Sciences where she analyzed clinical datasets to evaluate and improve patient treatment outcomes. Trained in ecology and evolutionary biology (UCLA) and currently pursuing doctoral research at The George Washington University, she brings a strong grounding in biological theory to computational methods. Caitlin is comfortable bridging wet-lab concepts and bioinformatics workflows, and she prioritizes reproducibility and clinical relevance in her analyses. A detail that distinguishes her is a track record of integrating ecological perspectives into omics interpretations, offering broader evolutionary context to biomedical findings.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology at The George Washington University
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Santa Monica College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Los Angeles