Cristina Herren
Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolCristina Herren is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University with 11 years of experience at the intersection of quantitative biology and marine/environmental science. She teaches biostatistics and genomics courses while drawing on a research background as a Harvard Data Science postdoc where she developed statistical methods to predict population and evolutionary dynamics from noisy DNA sequencing data. Her work spans human microbiome studies, antibiotic resistance evolution, and mathematical modeling of bacterial communities, blending computational rigor with ecological insight. Trained with a PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison and a biology BA from Dartmouth, she combines classroom pedagogy with active research scholarship visible on Google Scholar and her personal site. Notably, she translates complex sequencing datasets into practical prediction tools—making advanced quantitative methods accessible to students and collaborators.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Freshwater and Marine Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Freshwater and Marine Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor's degree, Biology, Bachelor's degree, Biology at Dartmouth College
Github Skills (6)
cohesion6
connectivity6
maintenance5
taxonomy1
ecosystem1
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cherren8/Cohesion
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 5 months
connectivitymicrobial-communitiesmethodupdatescommunities
cherren8/Invasion
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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