Chun Su
Principal Scientist at Amgen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChun Su is a Principal Scientist with over a decade of hands-on experience marrying molecular biology and computational genomics to drive translational research. Currently at Amgen, Chun builds and scales bioinformatics pipelines and integrates human genetics with functional genomics to nominate drug targets across immune, neurological, and metabolic contexts. He is fluent in Perl, R, Python, Bash, mySQL and Matlab, and routinely deploys analyses on HPC systems, custom LIMS, and R Shiny web apps to deliver reproducible workflows. Chun has a strong track record of innovation—from developing CRISPR/MPRA/HiDRA analysis workflows to annotating a parasitic plant genome that led to a PNAS publication—and has authored 14 peer-reviewed papers. He pairs technical depth with mentorship and leadership, having trained fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates while meeting high-pressure deadlines in industry and academia. Based in Philadelphia, he brings a rare blend of wet-lab cloning experience and scalable computational engineering to translational genomics projects.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Huazhong Agricultural UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of Virginia
English, Chinese
Github Skills (52)
galaxy8
bioinformatics7
seq7
genomics6
structural-variation6
rstudio6
r6
sequencing5
quantile5
nextflow5
caller5
sampling5
visualize5
ide5
reproducible-science5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sckinta/learningwithsckinta_quartoblog
Oct 2022 - Feb 2026
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
sckinta/rladiesMentorship
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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