R Squires
Data Analyst
Tyler, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolR Squires is a seasoned computational scientist and Python-focused data analyst with over a decade of experience modernizing bioinformatics infrastructure at NIH and academic centers. He has built and deployed custom NGS pipelines, managed enterprise GitHub ecosystems, and reduced operational costs and deployment times through pragmatic DevOps and cloud-hosted training platforms. As an instructor he’s trained thousands globally in Python, Jupyter, Snakemake and AWS, earning consistently high approval ratings and slashing setup time for workshops by leveraging hosted environments. His work spans hands-on algorithm development, LIMS and database design, and systems architecture for public resources like the PaVE portal, demonstrating both research impact and production-grade engineering. Based in Tyler, Texas, he pairs an advanced Computer Science background (PhD ABD) with deep domain knowledge in genomics and a track record of turning complex biomedical problems into automated, reproducible workflows.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. (ABD), Computer Science, Ph.D. (ABD), Computer Science at The University of Texas at ArlingtonBachelor of Science, Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry at The University of Dallas
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Github Skills (119)
python10
computational-biology10
unix10
rna-seq10
biology10
data-science10
jupyter-notebook10
data-analysis10
machine-learning10
bioinformatics10
if-statement9
immunology9
conditional-statements9
subsequence9
jupyterlab9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
biof-309-python/BIOF309-2016-Fall
Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:42 commits, 34 pushes in 3 months
burkesquires/python_biologist
Oct 2017 - Sep 2022
Python Programming for Biologists
Contributions:1 review, 148 commits, 8 PRs in 5 years
pythonbiologybiology-educationbioinformaticscomputational-biology
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