Natalie Lee
Biological Engineering PhD Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNatalie Lee is a Biological Engineering PhD student at MIT with 11 years of research and technical experience across academic and industry labs, from immunology and antibody development at Caltech to polymer characterization at Eli Lilly. She combines hands-on wet-lab skills (CRISPR, sterile technique, immunology assays) with computational problem-solving—evidenced by contributions to an open-source trunked radio recorder where she refactored protocol parsing and configuration logic. A dedicated educator, she has served as Head TA for biological defense courses and taught genetics and cell biology, translating complex science into clear learning. Driven by a lifelong goal to improve lives through science, she pairs adventurous curiosity with meticulous experimental and software work to tackle translational bioengineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (7)
fm-radio10
c-language10
telecommunication10
cprogramming-language10
communications10
boost9
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
TrunkRecorder/trunk-recorder
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
Records calls from a Trunked Radio System (P25 & SmartNet)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 42 commits, 9 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Natalie primarily focused on improving the `trunk-recorder` project, a radio call recording application. Their contributions involved modifying the system's behavior, specifically the handling of SmartNet systems. The changes include adjusting configuration parameters, adding and refactoring constants, and modifying the message parsing logic. These updates demonstrate a strong understanding of the underlying radio protocols.
raspberry-pirecordsframecallssmartnet
macathena/homebrew-moira
Nov 2016 - Mar 2020
Homebrew Tap for Moira.
Contributions:6 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
homebrewhomebrew-tapmoira
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