Daniel Kerchner
Senior Software Developer at George Washington University Libraries
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Kerchner is a Senior Software Developer and Carpentries-certified instructor with 13 years of experience blending software engineering, data science, and bioinformatics to build research-facing tools and teach reproducible practices. At George Washington University Libraries he designs and maintains open-source Python and Ruby applications, creates widely used R/Python workshops, and consults with students and faculty to advance data-driven research. He pairs hands-on coding (Jupyter, pandas, ggplot, Spark) with PMP-level project management to deliver practical, well-documented solutions for digitization, data collection, and open-access publication. A mentor and educator who co-created a graduate Biostatistics and R Programming course, he publishes teaching materials and code openly on GitHub and champions research reproducibility. Currently pursuing a PhD in Health Data Science/Bioinformatics, he combines deep technical breadth with a long-standing interest in systems engineering and digital preservation.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityPhD, Health Data Science, Bioinformatics (in progress), PhD, Health Data Science, Bioinformatics (in progress) at The George Washington UniversityTJHSS&TThomas Jefferson High School for Science & TechnologyMS, Systems Engineering, MS, Systems Engineering at University of VirginiaThomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyBS, Applied & Engineering Physics, BS, Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell University
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Github Skills (155)
command-line-tool10
twitter10
feed10
gwt10
user-manager10
social-media10
stable10
odin10
jstree10
dfinity10
r9
marc9
ecology9
python9
discovery-service9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
gwu-libraries/sfm-utils
Dec 2015 - Dec 2022
Utilities to support Social Feed Manager
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 23 commits in 7 years 1 month
feedfeed-managersocial-feed-managertwitter
kerchner/hello-world
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Test for github workshop class
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 6 months
testingworkshop
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