Jacob Class
Research Associate
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Class is a research associate and lab manager with 15 years of hands-on laboratory experience and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, specializing in high-containment work across BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 environments. He has deep practical expertise in virology and bacteriology—ranging from in vivo infection models and necropsy to cell culture, viral propagation, RT-qPCR, and ELISA—and has supported SARS-CoV-2 evolution research at UIC. As a biosafety representative and former Institutional Biosafety Committee participant, he blends operational lab leadership with an active interest in advancing biosafety and research safety practices. Comfortable mentoring trainees and running complex experiments outside students’ project scopes, he pairs technical rigor with strong administrative and facility coordination skills. Outside the lab he’s an avid cyclist, a small but telling detail that underscores his discipline and endurance.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Microbiology, General, Master of Science (MS), Microbiology, General at University of South FloridaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology and Immunology at University of Illinois ChicagoBachelor of Science - BS, Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biotechnology at Frostburg State University
Github Skills (99)
ruby10
mapkit10
relay10
multilingual10
revolution10
graphql-ruby10
modx10
rails10
php10
modx-revolution10
graphql10
apache-cordova9
operations-research9
optimization9
linear-programming9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mikrobi/TransitTracker_android
Apr 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:42 commits, 8 PRs, 29 pushes in 5 months
trackertransit-trackerandroidmobile-apptransit
mikrobi/CCHMapClusterController
Mar 2015 - May 2019
High-performance map clustering with MapKit for iOS and OS X. Integrate with 4 lines of code.
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 2 months
mapkitlinesmap-matchingclusteringperformance
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