Jason Smith
Senior Scientist - Bioinformatician
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Smith is a Senior Scientist and bioinformatician with eight years of research-driven experience applying molecular biology and computational methods to human health questions. Based at the University of Virginia, he transitioned from bench-focused roles studying diabetic retinopathy and cancer epigenetics to leading bioinformatics efforts that design and apply computational tools for gene regulation and chromatin analysis. His background includes hands-on genomics pipeline implementation and instrument management at Duke, plus a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, giving him rare fluency across wet-lab protocols and large-scale sequencing analysis. He is skilled at translating biologically driven questions into reproducible computational workflows and mentoring trainees, and often bridges experimental design, statistical analysis, and lab operations in collaborative projects. An interesting thread through his career is steady cross-training—from editorial and teaching roles to high-throughput sequencing stewardship—reflecting strong communication skills alongside technical depth.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences, 4.0, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences, 4.0 at North Carolina State UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Marine Biology, 4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Marine Biology, 4.0 at College of CharlestonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Virginia
English
Github Skills (43)
docker10
genome10
modular10
seq10
pipeline10
data-processing10
bioinformatics10
api-client9
distributions9
pipeline-framework9
plot9
delta9
genomics9
portable8
python7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
databio/awesome-atac-analysis
Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
Links to ATAC-seq analysis tools
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 6 months
analysis-toolslinksseqatacatac-seq
databio/pepatac
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
A modular, containerized pipeline for ATAC-seq data processing
Contributions:26 releases, 1151 commits, 27 PRs in 4 years 8 months
atac-seq-datapipelinedata-processingcontainerizeddocker
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