Marcus Fedarko
Postdoctoral Associate
College Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMarcus Fedarko is a computational biologist and software engineer with 12 years of experience building visualization and metagenome assembly tools for high-throughput microbiome sequencing. Currently a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Maryland after a PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego, he blends rigorous algorithmic research with hands-on software development and teaching across bioinformatics courses. His work spans interactive visualization, graph-based variant detection, and metagenomic assembly—skills honed through research roles, course assistance at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and internships focused on UI for complex models. Marcus regularly bridges research and education, having taught molecular sequence analysis and advanced bioinformatics labs while developing tools used in classroom and workshop settings. Colleagues value his knack for turning dense biological data into intuitive interfaces and tutorials, and he brings a rare combination of lab-level domain knowledge and production-oriented software craftsmanship.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoB.S. with High Honors Computer Science, B.S. with High Honors Computer Science at University of Maryland
Github Skills (116)
graph-algorithms10
ecology10
package-management10
python10
structural-variation10
genomes10
microbiome10
graph-visualization10
genome-assembly10
genomics10
computational-biology10
complex-networks10
biplot10
graph-theory10
conda-forge10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fedarko/fedarko.github.io
Jan 2015 - Dec 2025
Contributions:190 pushes in 11 years 1 month
fedarko/MetaCarvel
Jun 2017 - Jul 2026
Bambus3: A scaffolder for metagenomes
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 2 months
phpscaffoldermetagenomes
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