Getiria Onsongo
Associate Professor
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolGetiria Onsongo is an associate professor and interdisciplinary bioinformatics researcher with 11 years of experience developing algorithms and production software for clinical diagnostics and big-data life-science applications. She builds and leads teams that translate cutting-edge methods—machine learning, NGS and mass-spectrometry analytics, and distributed tools like Spark and NoSQL—into CLIA-capable pipelines and peer-reviewed publications. Her work spans academia and applied research, from designing federated databases for global agroinformatics to implementing clinical pipelines in Galaxy and Hadoop-backed systems. Comfortable both teaching database systems and managing multi-institution projects, she combines deep computational expertise with a practical focus on deploying reliable clinical software. An often-overlooked strength is her track record of creating freely available, research-grade analysis tools that bridge methodological innovation and real-world diagnostic use.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering at University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesB.A, Computer Science and Mathematics, B.A, Computer Science and Mathematics at Macalester CollegeInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Mahindra United World College
Swahili
Github Skills (8)
forge10
conda9
parse7
conda-forge7
corrupt6
pii4
smithy4
risk-assessment4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
getiria-onsongo/tso_cnv
Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:122 commits, 1 PR, 74 pushes in 1 year 3 months
copy-numbervariationcopy-number-variation
getiria-onsongo/IaaAgDataNER
Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
Parse and categorize agricultural related data
Contributions:4 reviews, 140 commits, 31 PRs in 2 years 6 months
agriculturalparsecategorize
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