Christopher Lavender
Assistant Director, Bioinformatics Engineering
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Lavender is an Assistant Director of Bioinformatics Engineering with 13 years of experience translating complex genomics problems into scalable, user-friendly web applications. He combines deep domain knowledge from a PhD in Chemistry and roles across government and industry—NIEHS, CDC, Ribometrix, Color, and now Ionis—with full-stack development skills to move scientists beyond spreadsheets into reproducible analytical frameworks. Christopher has developed novel algorithms for next-generation sequencing and built production-ready interfaces that emphasize clarity, documentation, and legible code. Known for taking rough ideas to finished products, he pairs technical leadership with strong communication to rally teams and ensure tools are adopted by users. Based in Los Angeles, he brings a research-first perspective to engineering, routinely learning new languages and frameworks to solve challenging bioinformatics problems.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at New York UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Github Skills (31)
iphone9
swift9
html9
xcode8
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raspberry6
distro6
http-live-streaming6
objective-c6
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chrislavender/Thumbafon
Sep 2015 - Aug 2021
iOS Application
Contributions:6 PRs, 21 pushes, 9 branches in 6 years
swiftiosios-application
chrislavender/WaveTableSynth
Aug 2012 - Sep 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 3 years 1 month
light-weightsynthesizerlightqueuesmidi
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