Nur Shahir
Bioinformatician
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolNur Shahir is a translational bioinformatician and data scientist with nine years of experience bridging computational methods and biological discovery across academia, government, and consulting. With a PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and a strong quantitative foundation from MIT and UMBC, Nur has led projects at Booz Allen Hamilton and driven postdoctoral research at Penn State, translating complex genomic and metagenomic datasets into actionable insights. Their background spans hands-on wet-lab training at NIH/NHGRI and computational tool development, enabling fluency in both experimental design and statistical modeling. Known for refusing to treat disciplines as siloed, Nur combines biostatistics, machine learning, and domain expertise to tackle translational problems. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, they bring a rare blend of research rigor and product-minded execution to cross-disciplinary teams. An understated strength is their experience teaching and mentoring across levels, from undergraduate calculus to training new lab fellows.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
S.B Mathematics, S.B Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Learning Community InternationalUMBCDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Github Skills (28)
nextflow10
bioconductor10
taxonomy9
bioinformatics9
microbiome9
nf-core9
metagenomics9
phyloseq9
genomics8
cran8
sequencing8
traits7
single-cell-genomics7
randomization7
regression6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nmshahir/tidytuesday
Mar 2022 - Mar 2025
Collection of visualizations and data analyses from rfordatascience tidy tuesday
Contributions:18 PRs, 17 pushes, 20 branches in 3 years
nmshahir/nf-core_modules_update_template
Aug 2024 - Sep 2024
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Contributions:3 PRs, 49 pushes, 7 branches in 20 days
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