Natasha Pavlovikj
Lead HPC Applications Specialist
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNatasha Pavlovikj is a Lead HPC Applications Specialist with 11 years of experience helping researchers scale and optimize compute-heavy bioinformatics and big-data workflows. Based at the University of Nebraska’s Holland Computing Center, she progressed from graduate research roles into leadership, blending hands-on expertise in de novo assemblies and nanopore data processing with HPC application support and training. She contributes to the bioinformatics ecosystem via bioconda recipe development, ensuring wide availability of niche tools like RepEnrich and SeqyClean through conda packaging. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a background teaching algorithms, cluster computing, and data mining, she pairs rigorous academic foundations with practical system-level problem solving. Colleagues rely on her for predictable resource predictions, reproducible pipelines, and translating research needs into production-ready HPC solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Informatics and Computer Engineering, Informatics and Computer Engineering, Bachelor in Informatics and Computer Engineering, Informatics and Computer Engineering at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, SkopjeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Macedonian, English, French, German, Italian
Github Skills (6)
bioinformatics10
conda10
package-management10
bash9
r5
python5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 reviews, 149 commits, 502 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Natasha's contributions primarily involve adding recipes for bioinformatics tools to the bioconda-recipes repository. These recipes define the build and installation processes for various software packages, including RepEnrich, soapaligner, soapcoverage, pIRS, libssw, fqtrim, SeqyClean, treemix, and several R packages. Their work demonstrates a focus on package management and ensuring the availability of these bioinformatics tools through the conda package manager.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
npavlovikj/ProkEvo
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
ProkEvo - an automated, reproducible, and scalable framework for high-throughput bacterial population genomics analyses.
Contributions:23 commits, 14 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 year 7 months
scalableanalysesgenomicsreproduciblebioinformatics
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