Michael Sauria
Faculty Lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Sauria is a Faculty Lecturer and research scientist at Johns Hopkins University with 11 years of professional experience bridging computational biology, genomics, and forensic DNA analysis. He earned a PhD in Population Biology, Evolution, and Ecology from Emory and built a suite of computational tools for modeling and analyzing chromatin structure during his doctoral work. Prior roles include forensic biologist at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation—where he validated high-throughput robotics and expert systems for state and national DNA databases—and hands-on lab experience across cancer and infectious disease projects. As a partner at GalaxyWorks he combines academic research with applied problem-solving, translating complex experimental data into reproducible pipelines and teaching-ready materials. Colleagues value his ability to move between bench, code, and classroom, and his background uniquely pairs courtroom-tested quantitative rigor with cutting-edge genomic methods. Based in Baltimore, he focuses on making computational genomics accessible and actionable for both research and operational settings.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Population Biology, Evolution, and Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Population Biology, Evolution, and Ecology at Emory UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Forensic Biology, Master of Science (M.S.), Forensic Biology at Michigan State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, Psychology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (35)
docker10
python10
package-management10
data-science10
conda10
workflow-engine10
pipeline10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
science10
bioconda9
disk-based8
aws8
galaxy7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
msauria/galaxy
Apr 2019 - May 2023
Data intensive science for everyone.
Contributions:8 PRs, 23 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 1 month
intensivepythonsciencedata-science
bxlab/hifive
Aug 2014 - Nov 2018
Tools for handling HiC and 5C data
Contributions:162 commits, 4 PRs, 114 pushes in 4 years 4 months
handlinghic
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