Nat Echols
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNat Echols is a software developer with 17 years of experience combining scientific programming, structural biology, and bioinformatics in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained at Yale (BS Biology) and UC Berkeley (PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology), he translates deep domain knowledge into robust computational solutions for biological problems. His career bridges research-grade algorithm development and production software, with a focus on practical tools that accelerate structural biology workflows. Colleagues describe him as someone who sees both the experiment and the code—optimizing pipelines while preserving scientific rigor. Based in a major biotech hub, he brings decades of interdisciplinary perspective that helps teams move from complex data to reproducible results.
17 years of coding experience
BS, Biology, BS, Biology at Yale UniversityPhD, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, PhD, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at UC Berkeley
Github Skills (122)
molecule10
toolbox10
crystallography10
genomics10
computational-biology10
data-files10
structural-biology10
ncbi10
application10
molecular-simulation10
sequence-alignment10
caller10
gateway10
sequencing10
transition10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
PacificBiosciences/pbreports
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:393 PRs, 216 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 1 month
natechols/pbreports
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:84 pushes, 335 branches in 11 months
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