Michael Song
Associate Professor
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Song is an evolutionary biologist and tenured Associate Professor based in San Francisco with nine years of teaching and research experience focused on plant evolution, particularly ferns. He earned a PhD in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley, where he taught extensively, received Outstanding GSI and Teaching Effectiveness awards, and completed a certificate in higher education pedagogy. Michael combines rigorous field and lab research with bioinformatics expertise developed since his undergraduate work at Reed and research stints at Cornell and Reed labs. At Skyline College he progressed from Assistant to Associate Professor and secured tenure early in his appointment, reflecting strong curricular and scholarly contributions. Beyond classrooms and publications, he maintains a public-facing website and a concise GitHub presence that signals an interest in open science and accessible botanical research.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Integrative Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Integrative Biology at University of California, BerkeleyCharles Wright AcademyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Reed College
English, French, Chinese, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Russian
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelSongAGradStudent/MichaelSongAGradStudent.github.io
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 721 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
MichaelSongAGradStudent/TEReviewPaper
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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