Flora Cheng
PhD Candidate
Vancouver, British Columbia, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolFlora Cheng is a PhD candidate and experienced research scientist with nine years at Macquarie University investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms of ALS, specializing in proteomics workflows, LC‑MS, cell biology and biochemical techniques. She blends rigorous experimental skills with a background in biotechnology, business and marketing, enabling clear communication of complex findings and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. Flora has bridged physics research, teaching and data science interests to tackle difficult problems and translate technical insights into impact-driven research. Her international training—from internships in New Caledonia to a visiting stint at Stanford—underscores adaptability and a global perspective on neurodegeneration research. Notably, she combines hands-on wet-lab expertise with data analysis fluency, making her effective at both generating and interpreting high-dimensional proteomic data.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Sciences Technology and Health Major in Earth Life and Environmental sciences Minor in Chemistry, Bachelor of Sciences Technology and Health Major in Earth Life and Environmental sciences Minor in Chemistry at University of New-CaledoniaGeneral Certificate of Education (Baccalaureat) Science stream - Major biology, General Certificate of Education (Baccalaureat) Science stream - Major biology at Laperouse HighschoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Macquarie UniversityExchange undergraduate - Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences Major in Biochemistry, Exchange undergraduate - Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences Major in Biochemistry at University of Technology Sydney
French, English, Chinese
Github Skills (22)
metis8
science6
sentiment5
classifier5
python5
popularity5
data-science4
exploratory4
imdb4
sentiment-analysis4
naive-bayes4
natural-language-processing3
nlp3
seaborn3
exploratory-data-analysis2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
floraxinru/NLP_HotelReviews
Apr 2019 - May 2023
Using sentiment analysis to analyze 515K European hotel reviews (NLP, Naive Bayes Classifier, seaborn)
Contributions:2 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 1 month
nlpseabornclassifierbayes-classifiernaive-bayes
floraxinru/recsys_resources
May 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:30 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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