Jonathan Jacobs
Senior Director Of Bioinformatics, BioNexus Principal Scientist
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Jacobs is a senior bioinformatics leader and scientist with over a decade of experience building genomics-driven products and programs across industry, government, and academia. As Senior Director of Bioinformatics and BioNexus Principal Scientist at ATCC, he leads a Digital Biology Initiative that bridges R&D, product management, and field-deployable genomics for biosurveillance and point-of-care use. His background includes directing global product strategy at QIAGEN—where he helped prepare the CLC platform and targeted NGS offerings for widespread public health use—and leading metagenomics and diagnostics programs at MRIGlobal. He holds a PhD in Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics and maintains a research appointment at Syracuse University focused on training and collaborative genomics work in forensic and national security sciences. Jonathan is passionate about standards and interoperability in ‘omics, and uniquely combines hands-on bioinformatics pipeline development with commercial product leadership. Outside the lab he champions STEAM education and public science communication as @bioinformer.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, PhD Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics at University of MarylandBachelor of Science - BS Plant Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS Plant Sciences at University of Arizona - College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
English
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Github Skills (23)
sequencing9
genomics8
isolate8
amos8
bioinformatics8
virtual-tabletop7
science6
vtt6
tabletop6
pipeline5
rpg5
python5
assembly5
java4
docker4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jonathanjacobs/CLC-Genomics
Apr 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
jonathanjacobs/bioinformatics-scripts
Mar 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 10 months
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