Joshua Schraiber
Research Scientist at University of Southern California
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Schraiber is a research scientist and computational biologist with 11 years of experience developing scalable statistical and machine-learning methods for large genomic datasets. He combines deep expertise in Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo algorithms and stochastic modeling with production-focused software engineering—authoring multithreaded C++ tools and R/Python packages used to analyze terabytes of data. His career spans academia and industry, from NSF postdoctoral work and a faculty position to applied roles at Ancestry and Illumina, where he translated theory into algorithms serving millions of consumers. Notably, he has adapted quantitative finance models and nonparametric Bayesian clustering to extract subtle signals from evolutionary and gene expression data. Based in Berkeley, he seeks challenging projects that blend first-principles modeling with cutting-edge machine learning to reveal hidden structure in complex biological systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Integrative Biology with designated emphasis in Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Integrative Biology with designated emphasis in Computational Biology at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Genetics with minor in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Genetics with minor in Mathematics at University of California, Davis
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Github Skills (17)
genetics7
macos6
linker6
semaphore6
pthreads6
optimization6
compiler-construction6
makefile6
python6
scipy6
genomics5
genetic5
simulate5
simulation5
bioinformatics4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Schraiber/selection
Apr 2015 - Jul 2019
Contributions:87 commits, 5 PRs, 60 pushes in 4 years 3 months
Schraiber/continuity
Sep 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 release, 125 commits, 93 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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