Peter Lawson
Data And Visualization Librarian
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Lawson is a Data and Visualization Librarian and Ph.D. computational scientist with 11 years of experience helping researchers translate complex biomedical data into reproducible analyses and publication-ready visualizations. Based at Johns Hopkins, he blends a biomedical engineering background with hands-on skills in image analysis, R-Shiny dashboards, REST APIs, and reproducible research practices to support end-to-end research workflows. His work includes deploying digital pathology platforms, implementing metadata and data management systems consistent with FAIR principles, and teaching foundational computing through The Carpentries. Peter uniquely pairs startup CTO experience—where he led GPU-accelerated image processing and product development—with academic research in topological data analysis of cancer histology, making him equally fluent with production systems and cutting-edge analytics.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorB.S. Biology, B.S. Computer Science, Minor Philosophy, Computer Science, B.S. Biology, B.S. Computer Science, Minor Philosophy, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at WilmingtonPhD Bioinnovation - NSF IGERT Fellow, PhD Bioinnovation - NSF IGERT Fellow at Tulane UniversityAssociate's degree, Bioenvironmental Engineering, Associate's degree, Bioenvironmental Engineering at Community College of the Air Force
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Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
r7
knitr7
stable7
data-wrangling6
data-visualization5
development-environment5
ide5
data-visualisation4
rstudio4
editor3
questions-and-answers2
open-data2
open-source1
validation1
javascript1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pete-lawson/org
Jan 2017 - Jun 2020
Contributions:479 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
TranslationalBiophotonics/TranslationalBiophotonics.github.io
Feb 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:197 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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