Sandi Yen
Bioinformatics Scientist
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSandi Yen is a bioinformatics scientist based in Oxford with 11 years of experience applying microbiology, biochemistry and computational methods to microbiome research. At the University of Oxford she designs and implements analysis pipelines for 16S rRNA and metabolomics data, combining R, Python and SQL with reproducible tooling like Git. Trained with a PhD in Microbiology and MSc in Biochemistry, she excels at turning complex datasets into biologically meaningful insights and visualizations. Comfortable both as an independent contributor and a collaborative team member, she often programs bespoke bioinformatics tools when existing solutions fall short. A detail-oriented problem-solver, she balances rigorous statistical analysis with practical pipeline development to accelerate translational microbiome projects.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology at University of GuelphBachelor of Science, Honours Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor of Science, Honours Biomedical Sciences at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese
Github Skills (22)
r-package7
microbiome7
phylogeny6
explore6
mothur6
shiny5
fill5
ecology4
microbiology4
biodiversity4
computational-biology4
immunology3
biology3
bioinformatics3
open-science2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OxfordCMS/OCMS_Shotgun
Jan 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 28 reviews, 39 PRs in 3 years 2 months
OxfordCMS/OCMS_zymoBIOMICS
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 9 months
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