Mahmoud Yousef
Freelance & Consultant at Self
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMahmoud Yousef is a PhD microbial ecologist and MD candidate who blends eight years of experience across microbiome science, bioinformatics, and clinical translational biology as a freelance consultant. He pairs rigorous 'omics data analysis and statistical expertise with hands-on coding—contributing front-end visualization improvements to the widely used anvi'o platform—to make complex microbial community data interpretable for researchers and clinicians. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he supports companies and labs with study design, literature synthesis, pipeline development, and STEM tutoring. His background in computer science and emergency medical operations gives him a practical, systems-oriented approach to solving biological problems at the interface of medicine and microbiology.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine, Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of MedicineHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Universal SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolution, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolution at University of Chicago
English, Arabic
Github Skills (6)
algorithm10
algorithms10
javascript10
visualization10
visualizations10
bioinformatics9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
merenlab/anvio
Dec 2017 - Feb 2020
An analysis and visualization platform for 'omics data
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:73 commits, 34 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mahmoud's commits primarily focus on developing and refining a coloring algorithm within the `anvio/data/interactive/js/proteinclusters.js` file. The user refactored and improved the algorithm, contributing to the gene cluster visualization and likely improving its visual interpretation. Further commits involved bug fixes and incorporating the coloring algorithm into the main program. These changes suggest a focus on the front-end side of visualizing data with Javascript.
pythonmetagenomicssciencemetatranscriptomicsphylogenomics
mahmoudyousef98/anvio
Dec 2017 - Feb 2020
An analysis and visualization platform for 'omics data
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
omicsvisualization
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