Jie W
Data Scientist
Pleasanton, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJie W is a data scientist with 11 years of experience combining bioinformatics, genomics, and applied data science to solve real-world plant health problems. With a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University and postdoctoral work in genomics-enabled plant science, he has built machine learning models and authored deFusion to improve genome annotation. Jie has translated computational insights into practice—developing a widely adopted qPCR diagnostic for a soybean pathogen and running fungicide screening and field trials that improved crop yield. Proficient in Python and R, statistics, large-scale data visualization, and experimental design, he bridges wet-lab rigor and scalable computational analysis. Based in Pleasanton, CA, he brings a practical track record of turning genomic data into diagnostics and management strategies that impact agricultural outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Biology, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology at Nanjing Agricultural UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Pathology and EEBB, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Pathology and EEBB at Michigan State University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (39)
markdown10
file-manipulation10
fastq10
cgm10
genomics10
sequence10
jupyter9
structural-variation9
genome-assembly9
bioinformatics9
fasta9
python8
visualization8
notebook8
algorithms7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wjidea/FvFungicideFluopyram
Dec 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 32 commits, 5 pushes in 8 months
wjidea/defusion
May 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 35 commits, 38 pushes in 4 years 4 months
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