David Hughes
Assistant Professor Of Molecular Epidemiology And Bioinformatics
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Hughes is an evolutionary geneticist and molecular epidemiologist with 11 years of interdisciplinary research experience spanning molecular biology, human genetics, and bioinformatics. Currently an Assistant Professor at Pennington Biomedical and a senior research associate with the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, he bridges population-scale evolutionary insights with practical molecular epidemiology. His postdoctoral work across Europe and the US focused on human transcriptome variation, primate population genetics, epistasis and selection, and epigenomic responses to stress, giving him deep expertise in complex trait architecture and analytical genomics. Trained at Universität Leipzig and Oxford with dual undergraduate degrees in anthropology and biochemistry from LSU, he blends evolutionary anthropology perspectives with rigorous computational approaches. Outside the lab he’s a dedicated frisbee player, reflecting a balance of team-oriented collaboration and competitive drive.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Human Biology, Master of Science (MS), Human Biology at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Biology at Universität LeipzigBachelor of Arts (BA), Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Anthropology at Louisiana State University
German, English
Github Skills (5)
pipeline8
data-processing8
r-package7
modeling4
gam3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hughesevoanth/iPVs
Mar 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
MRCIEU/metaboprep
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
a pipeline of metabolomics data processing and quality control
Contributions:1 release, 175 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 10 months
quality-controlpipelinedata-processingmetabolomics-datametabolomics
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