Honggang Zhao
Research Scientist at The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT)
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHonggang Zhao is a research scientist and bioinformatician with a decade of experience applying genetics, machine learning, and population genomics to aquaculture and conservation problems. Currently at the Center for Aquaculture Technologies in San Diego, he builds computational pipelines and deep-learning platforms that reveal nucleotide-level regulatory signals and selection-driven trait variation in marine species. His work spans de novo drug-discovery models, adversarial approaches to remove population stratification bias, and spatial genetic analyses of salinity tolerance in oysters, combining rigorous statistical genetics with practical pipeline development. Trained with a PhD in Genetics from Auburn University, he also brings hands-on systems experience—from managing cloud clusters to shipping user-friendly bioinformatics tools like EasyParallel—bridging method development and deployable research software.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Agricultural Animal Breeding, Master's degree, Agricultural Animal Breeding at Shanghai Ocean UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetics, 3.8/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetics, 3.8/4.0 at Auburn University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (7)
genome5
assembly4
genomics4
bioinformatics4
python4
annotations3
visualization1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hzz0024/EasyParallel
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 4 months
hzz0024/HSRL_workshop
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:106 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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