Dustin Lyfoung
Data Scientist
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDustin Lyfoung is a data scientist and bioinformatician based in Madison, WI with nine years of experience turning complex genomics and NGS datasets into actionable insights for public health and clinical labs. He builds reproducible pipelines and automated workflows for variant analysis, quality control, and integration of heterogeneous data sources, with hands-on experience across sequencing platforms and LIMS. At the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene and prior academic and clinical roles, he has combined statistical analysis, visualization, and machine learning to support research questions and regulatory-grade reporting. Dustin’s background in both wet-lab techniques and computational bioinformatics gives him a practical edge in validating tools for clinical use and communicating results to researchers and administrators. He holds an MS in Bioinformatics and has repeatedly improved operational efficiency in high-throughput sequencing environments. Colleagues rely on him for turning messy biological data into well-documented, reproducible analyses that inform real-world decisions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Communication Arts, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics at Marquette University
English, Hmong
Github Skills (19)
genes8
genome6
sequence5
bioinformatics5
assembly5
seq4
pipeline4
genomics4
fasta3
portal3
alias2
data-management2
python2
tracer2
rna-seq2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wslh-bio/postrun_scripts
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 37 pushes in 17 days
dustyl259/hello-world
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 11 months
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