Jessica Rowell
Specialist Senior at Deloitte
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJessica Rowell is a bioinformatics scientist and epidemiologist with 9 years of experience translating next-generation sequencing and statistical methods into actionable pathogen detection and public-health solutions. Currently a Specialist Senior at Deloitte, she previously led efforts at GenoTwin to improve accuracy of metagenomic pathogen and antimicrobial-resistance detection and built culture-independent subtyping pipelines while supporting CDC labs. Her background blends rigorous epidemiology (MPH, doctoral studies at Emory) with a master’s in bioinformatics from Georgia Tech, enabling her to bridge computational methods, statistics, and real-world laboratory needs. Known for improving precision in complex metagenomic analyses, she also has hands-on experience managing large biological databases and coordinating cross-disciplinary teams. Based in Atlanta, she brings a pragmatic focus on translating research into deployable surveillance tools that reduce time-to-action in outbreak and diagnostic contexts.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBA, Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, BA, Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience at Wesleyan CollegeMPH, Epidemiology, MPH, Epidemiology at Emory University
Italian, Spanish, French, Persian
Github Skills (38)
genetics10
docker10
duplication10
singularity10
ncbi10
metadata10
nextflow10
fastq10
filter10
genbank10
overlap10
sequencing10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
illumina10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jessicarowell/Helpers
Oct 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
ncezid-biome/HMAS-QC-Pipeline
Apr 2020 - May 2021
A pipeline for performing quality control on HMAS data, in preparation for downstream MLST-like or AMR-like analyses.
Contributions:102 commits in 1 year 1 month
workflowquality-controlpreparationpipelineanalyses
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