Doug Hyatt
Research Associate
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDoug Hyatt is a research associate and veteran bioinformatics scientist with 12+ years designing and shipping gene- and protein-focused computational tools for academia, national labs, and startups. He is the creator and first author of Prodigal and a primary developer of GrailEXP 2.0—tools that have driven microbial and human gene discovery and been widely adopted by the DOE and Celera, with Prodigal cited in over 1500 publications. At the University of Tennessee he has built metagenomic and proteomics search tools, led novel orthologous assemblies for switchgrass, and continues to develop short-gene and transcript feature predictors for bacteria. His background blends a CS master’s with a humanities BA, reflecting a rare mix of rigorous algorithmic skill and clear scientific communication.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleBachelor of Arts (BA), English, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English at Yale University
Github Skills (12)
prediction10
genome-annotation10
pathogen9
machine-learning9
genome8
genomics7
bioinformatics7
zap6
rapid6
memory-efficient2
deep-learning2
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hyattpd/gbproks
Mar 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:28 commits in 2 months
hyattpd/Prodigal
Jul 2013 - Sep 2021
Prodigal Gene Prediction Software
Contributions:4 releases, 78 commits, 11 PRs in 8 years 3 months
predictionmachine-learningprodigalgene-predictiongene
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