Chris Howard
Bioinformatics Specialist
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolChris Howard is a bioinformatics specialist with 10 years of experience at QIAGEN, combining hands-on wet-lab expertise in NGS library preparation with strong computational skills in Python, shell scripting, and Linux systems. He holds a Master's in Bioinformatics from Johns Hopkins and a BS in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from RPI, and has progressed from intern roles into senior R&D and specialist positions. Comfortable bridging bench and code, he has a track record of converting biological knowledge into product-ready content and tools that expand catalog offerings and improve customer resources. Based in Frederick, Maryland, Chris is also a maker and tech enthusiast who brings practical curiosity—whether optimizing lab workflows or automating analyses—to solve real-world biotech problems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Bioinformatics, Master's degree, Bioinformatics at Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic ProgramsBachelor of Science (BS), Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English
Github Skills (115)
proton10
gpu10
genomics10
hud10
wine10
monitoring10
linux10
fasta10
opengl10
steam10
vulkan10
sequence-analysis10
steamworks10
cpu10
benchmarking10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jorvis/biocode
Mar 2017 - Dec 2024
Bioinformatics code libraries and scripts
Contributions:2 PRs in 7 years 10 months
bioinformaticsgenomics
RPINerd/Fixin_X
Mar 2021 - May 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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