Rhett Rautsaw
Field Applications Bioinformatic Support, Senior Scientist
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolRhett Rautsaw is an evolutionary and computational biologist with nine years of hands-on experience turning complex genomic datasets into biological insight, currently serving as a Senior Field Applications Bioinformatic Support Scientist at PacBio. He specializes in NGS workflows—Illumina transcriptomics, ATAC-seq, WGBS, and PacBio HiFi—applied to questions in snake venom evolution and wildlife disease, and combines statistical rigor with software and pipeline engineering. Trained with a PhD from Clemson and prior roles at Washington State University and University of South Florida, he bridges academic research and customer-facing bioinformatics support. Rhett is actively expanding his tooling repertoire by learning C++ and deep learning, signaling a move toward more performance-sensitive and ML-driven analyses. Based in Gainesville, FL, he seeks remote bioinformatics roles where his mix of field application experience and research pedigree can accelerate genomic discovery. An underappreciated strength is his ability to communicate technical results to diverse audiences, from lab biologists to product teams.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Clemson UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Wright State UniversityMaster's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (97)
docker-desktop10
file-manipulation9
genes9
colima9
fasta9
traits9
r-package9
maxent9
missing-data9
genome9
meta-analysis9
credit9
genetic8
minhash8
genomics8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
RhettRautsaw/Bioinformatics
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
RhettRautsaw/SequencingEstimator
Jun 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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