Lu Yang
Assistant Professor at University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLu Yang is a computational biologist and assistant professor with eight years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of microbiology, statistics, and bioinformatics. Based in San Francisco, she develops robust statistical and computational methods for high-dimensional microbiome and multi-omics data, translating methodology into tools and collaborative studies that reveal biomarkers and biological mechanisms across clinical cohorts. Her trajectory spans graduate training in environmental engineering and statistics to research and faculty roles at Mayo Clinic and UCSF, reflecting a strong blend of theory and applied biomedical research. Notably, she pairs rigorous statistical foundations with hands-on omics analytics, enabling reproducible pipelines that bridge methodological innovation and real-world clinical discovery.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Environmental Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
English, Chinese
Github Skills (104)
microbiome10
bioconductor10
genomes9
bacteria9
dendrogram9
nomenclature8
ncbi8
minhash8
r8
dendextend8
d3-heatmap8
taxonomy8
bioinformatics8
genome8
metagenomics8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
chloelulu/DAA
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:6 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
chloelulu/shotgun-metagenome
Mar 2018 - Feb 2022
Contributions:79 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
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