R Lou
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolR Lou is an Assistant Project Scientist at UC Berkeley and a computational biologist with nine years’ experience applying population and conservation genetics to real-world problems. They combine deep expertise in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics with a focus on molecular adaptation across space and time, from overharvested fisheries to speciation along habitat gradients and human gene copy-number evolution. A strong advocate for open science, they publish practical guides and maintain open-source pipelines that address technical artifacts in sequencing data and enable reproducible analyses. During their PhD and subsequent teaching roles at Cornell they helped design and deliver a popular data science course centered on collaboration and reproducibility, reflecting a rare blend of research, pedagogy, and tooling. Based in Berkeley, they bridge field-driven conservation questions with scalable computational solutions that prioritize transparency and reuse.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Conservation Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Conservation Biology at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science, summa cum laude at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (25)
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genome9
sequencing9
population-genetics9
genomics8
science8
bioinformatics8
data-wrangling8
machine-learning7
data-science6
depth5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nicolas931010/evolve-and-resequence-simulation
May 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:1 release, 9 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 1 month
therkildsen-lab/batch-effect
Oct 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 release, 81 commits, 17 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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