James Kelley
Software Designer at Rutgers University
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJames Kelley is a software designer with 13 years of experience building scientific and visualization tools, currently developing MOST-Visualization and leading software efforts at Rutgers University. He specializes in Java and C-based bioinformatics applications, including continued work on Genome Rearrangement OmniMapper (GROM) and a next-generation sequencing visualization tool used to study genome rearrangements. James has authored and maintained production-ready research software (MOST and MOST-Visualization) cited in Bioinformatics, combining GUI development, automated map generation for genome-scale metabolic networks, and rigorous testing practices. With a PhD track in Computational and Integrative Biology and a background in computer science and chemistry, he bridges domain science and engineering to turn complex biological models into usable tools. A detail that sets him apart is his long-term commitment to reproducible, textbook-style visualizations that make large-scale metabolic and genomic data accessible to researchers and educators.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Integrative Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers University - CamdenMaster's degree, Computational and Integrative Biology, Master's degree, Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers University–CamdenBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-CamdenBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry at Rutgers University
Github Skills (2)
simulation1
optimization1
Github contributions (5)
desmondlun/MOST
Sep 2012 - Jan 2018
Contributions:734 commits, 231 pushes, 17 branches in 5 years 4 months
jimkell/mostSandbox
Jan 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:452 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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