Janna Nugent
Senior Computational Genomics Specialist
Lake Bluff, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJanna Nugent is a Senior Computational Genomics Specialist with nine years helping researchers harness high-performance computing for genomics and bioinformatics, currently consulting at Northwestern University. She combines hands-on pipeline development and sysadmin experience with bespoke teaching—running workshops and one-on-one training to bring biologists up to speed on programming and supercomputing. Janna also builds community across departments, connecting researchers who use similar tools and anticipating scaling needs such as cloud deployments and high-speed genomics workflows. Her earlier work spans molecular modeling, web-based PPI tools, and long experience managing research computing environments, giving her a rare blend of deep technical skills and practical research empathy.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, American History, with Honors, Bachelor's Degree, American History, with Honors at The University of Chicago
Github Skills (16)
quest8
stata7
seq7
rna-seq6
sequencing5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
python-bindings5
matlab5
python4
bash3
r3
watson3
slurm2
cluster-computing2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nuitrcs/intro_quest_workshop
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:39 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
nuitrcs/rnaseq_workshop
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:86 commits, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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