Jason Walker
Bioinformatics Manager
Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Walker is a Process Automation Solutions Engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience designing and executing DCS migration projects and providing customer-facing technical leadership at Emerson Automation Solutions. He combines an engineering background in Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering with an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis to bridge technical implementation and business-driven deployment of automation systems. Christopher has research experience in aerosols and contributed data-science-focused R scripting to an educational RNA-seq cloud tutorial, demonstrating a knack for applied data analysis beyond traditional controls engineering. He is experienced in in-plant testing and cutover support, code and graphics design, and has co-authored patents from earlier technical work at 3M. Passionate about accelerating renewable energy integration, he pairs strong collaboration and tutoring experience with advanced problem-solving skills in math and engineering. Colleagues describe him as a practical innovator who brings lab-scale research insights into scalable, cost-effective industrial solutions.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA Microbiology, BA Microbiology at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleMaster’s Degree Information Management, Master’s Degree Information Management at Washington University in St. Louis
Github Skills (7)
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
r10
ggplot9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
griffithlab/rnaseq_tutorial
Oct 2014 - Nov 2016
Informatics for RNA-seq: A web resource for analysis on the cloud. Educational tutorials and working pipelines for RNA-seq analysis including an introduction to: cloud computing, critical file formats, reference genomes, gene annotation, expression, differential expression, alternative splicing, data visualization, and interpretation.
Role in this project:
Data Scientist
Data ScientistContributions:1 release, 28 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jason contributed to the RNA-seq tutorial by modifying and creating R scripts. Their work focused on ERCC expression analysis, including the development of scripts to process and visualize ERCC data. They also updated differential expression scripts and modified existing R scripts to include ballgown for differential expression analysis. Additionally, the user updated the code to use gene names in the outputs.
genomesbioinformaticsdifferentialannotationrna
genome/qc-analysis-pipeline
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:13 reviews, 101 commits, 54 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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