Jon Puritz
Associate Professor
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Puritz is an Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island with 12 years of experience using molecular tools and next-generation sequencing to study how human activities shape connectivity and evolution in marine populations. His research spans diverse taxa—from fish to sea stars—and combines genomics with seascape genetics to reveal impacts like sewage effluent and urban runoff on population structure. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii and a track record of discovering rapid marine speciation events and designing high-throughput locus sequencing protocols. In addition to academic work, he contributes to bioinformatics infrastructure as a DevOps engineer and package maintainer for the widely used bioconda-recipes repository, fixing builds and improving compatibility across platforms.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biology, BS, Biology at Brown UniversityPh.D, Biology, Ph.D, Biology at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Github Skills (18)
package-management10
scripting10
bash10
build-system10
conda10
gcc10
script10
bioinformatics10
sh10
shell10
makefile9
macos9
docker8
cprogramming-language8
dockers8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Oct 2016 - Jun 2021
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Package Maintainer
DevOps Engineer & Package MaintainerContributions:39 reviews, 80 commits, 125 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the bioconda-recipes repository by updating and fixing recipes for various bioinformatics software packages, including samtools, vcflib, freebayes, cd-hit, and dDocent. Their work involved modifying build scripts (build.sh), updating configuration files (meta.yaml), and incorporating patches to resolve build issues, particularly related to compiler versions (GCC7) and OS compatibility (OS X). The user also worked on integrating openMP support and managing package dependencies to ensure the successful building and deployment of bioinformatics tools within the bioconda environment.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
MarineEvoEcoLab/Lab_Website
Jan 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 370 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 10 months
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