Shane Denecke
Associate Director
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShane Denecke is an associate director and molecular genetics researcher with 11 years of experience applying computational genomics and functional genetics to real-world problems in agriculture and biopharma. After earning a PhD in genetics from the University of Melbourne, he led academia-industry collaborations at FORTH and the University of Pennsylvania, co-supervising teams and directing experiments that combine RNA-seq, comparative genomics, CRISPR, and RNAi to probe insect physiology. Now at Merck, he translates deep experimental expertise and bioinformatics (R, Python, Bash) into product-focused research and team leadership. Known for bridging bench and code, he brings a practical, data-driven approach to pest-control and molecular biology projects that balances rigorous experimentation with scalable computational workflows.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Biology, General, 3.76, Bachelors, Biology, General, 3.76 at Penn State UniversityStudy abroad, Biology, General, Study abroad, Biology, General at Universidad San Francisco de QuitoThe University of Melbourne
English, Spanish, Greek
Github Skills (6)
development-environment5
ide5
rstudio4
editor3
r-package3
cyclone2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shanedenecke/SLC_ID_SCRIPTS
Feb 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:65 commits, 106 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
shanedenecke/ABC_ID_SCRIPTS
Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:48 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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