Rhys Newell
Senior Software Engineer at Microba
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRhys Newell is a bioinformatics researcher and software engineer with a PhD from QUT and eight years' experience building high-performance tools for metagenomics. He has authored production-grade projects—Lorikeet (a Rust-based local re-assembly variant caller), Rosella (UMAP + HDBSCAN assembly binner) and Aviary (a hybrid assembly-to-annotation workflow)—and now applies that expertise at Microba. Comfortable across Python, Rust, Java, C++ and C#, Rhys also contributes to reproducible bioinformatics packaging and build automation in the Bioconda ecosystem. He combines hands-on engineering with teaching and research leadership from roles at the Centre for Microbiome Research and UQ, and is especially focused on efficient algorithmic solutions for complex microbiome data.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and Software Development, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and Software Development at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Honours Bioinformatics, Honours Bioinformatics at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (7)
conda10
bash10
package-management10
bioinformatics9
rust9
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
May 2020 - Dec 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:1 review, 24 commits, 37 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Rhys's primary contribution revolved around modifying build scripts, specifically `build.sh` files, within the context of a Conda recipe repository. These changes included updating installation paths, adding dependencies, and integrating external tools. The commits consistently involve adjustments to how software packages are built, configured, and installed within the Conda environment. This indicates a focus on automation and build processes for various bioinformatics packages.
biocondacondabioinformaticspackage-management
rhysnewell/flight
Nov 2020 - Jan 2024
Python module handling calls to UMAP and HDBSCAN for Lorikeet and Rosella
Contributions:4 releases, 26 PRs, 230 pushes in 3 years 1 month
hdbscanpython-modules
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