Derek Reiman
Research Assistant Professor at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Reiman is a research-focused computational biologist and bioinformatician with eight years of experience applying deep learning to microbiome classification and host-phenotype prediction. As a Research Assistant Professor at TTIC following a PhD in Bioinformatics from UIC, he blends rigorous academic research with practical software development experience spanning Ruby on Rails, .NET, and SQL. His background includes industry internships at Tempus and early-career web engineering roles, giving him a rare mix of production engineering instincts and advanced machine learning expertise. Based in Chicago, he is adept at turning complex biological questions into reproducible computational pipelines and models, and often bridges the gap between research prototypes and deployable systems.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of Illinois at ChicagoBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of North TexasProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
derekreiman/PopPhy-CNN
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
YDaiLab/Meta-Signer
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 14 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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