Shannan Sui
Principal Research Scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolShannan Sui is a Principal Research Scientist and Scientific Director at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with over a decade of experience applying bioinformatics to high-throughput genomics and epigenetics studies. She leads multidisciplinary teams to build analytical workflows, provide community-wide training, and support sequencing, variant calling, and transcriptomic projects across Harvard. Her career traces deep academic roots—PhD-trained in genetics and bioinformatics at UBC—with roles spanning stem cell genomics, infectious-disease target discovery, and grant-driven program leadership. Known for translating complex computational methods into practical resources like the HSCI Stem Cell Commons, she combines hands-on method development with strategic program management. Based in Boston and affiliated faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, she brings a rare blend of technical rigor, educator experience, and long-term institutional stewardship. An understated strength is her sustained focus on capacity building: training researchers and building reproducible pipelines that scale across labs and projects.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Genetics Bioinformatics Genomics, Ph.D. Genetics Bioinformatics Genomics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (37)
seq10
rna-seq9
genomics8
react8
javascript8
bioinformatics8
snakemake7
sequence-analysis7
blast7
galaxy7
tsne7
interpretation7
python-bindings7
computational-biology7
systems-biology6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hbc/knowledgebase
Sep 2019 - Jul 2022
recipes that save time
Contributions:15 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
javascriptreactrecipes
hbc/methods
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 6 months
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