Lu Yang
Research Assistant Professor at City of Hope
Duarte, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLu Yang is a research-focused computational biologist and Research Assistant Professor with 11 years of experience applying bioinformatics to next-generation sequencing and array data, from RNA-seq and single-cell analysis to methylation and amplicon workflows. Based at City of Hope, Lu blends deep domain expertise in R, Python and Unix with hands-on genomics toolchains (STAR, BWA, GATK, DESeq/edgeR, HOMER) to translate complex datasets into actionable biological insights. Prior roles span core bioinformatics operations and diagnostic informatics, giving Lu a strong track record of tailoring pipelines for both research and clinical-relevant projects. Unusually for an academic bioinformatician, Lu is also an active open-source engineer on prominent cloud-native projects—contributing to GoogleContainerTools' Jib and Skaffold—bringing production-grade container and DevOps practices to computational biology. This hybrid skill set enables Lu to streamline reproducible, scalable analyses and deployable workflows for large-scale sequencing studies. With a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology and a background in experimental biology, Lu bridges wet-lab questions and scalable computational solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Biology, B.S, Biology at University of Science and Technology of ChinaPh.D, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ph.D, Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Louisville School of Medicine
Chinese, English
Github Skills (17)
kubernetes10
container10
docker10
image10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
java10
javas10
kubernetes-pods10
maven10
gradlew10
developer-tools10
gradle10
junit9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleContainerTools/jib
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:25 releases, 197 commits, 741 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lu contributed to the development of Jib, focusing on improving the build process and container image creation. They made changes to cache metadata handling, introduced configurations for extra files layers, and addressed authentication issues for base images. Further, they modified integration tests, improved the logging configuration, and added features related to image tagging and Docker daemon integration.
containersdocker-registrymaven-plugingradlemaven
GoogleContainerTools/skaffold
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 52 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Lu focused on integrating Jib, a tool for building container images, within the Skaffold project. They implemented and refactored Jib-related functionality, including dependency management for Maven and Gradle builds, enabling direct image builds to registries and improving the overall Jib integration. Their contributions involved modifying build processes and test configurations to improve compatibility and functionality for Jib within the Kubernetes development workflow.
containershelmrepeatabledockerdeveloper-tools
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