Tasfia Zahin
Graduate Research Assistant
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolTasfia Zahin is a PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State, specializing in computational biology with a focus on algorithms for circular RNA assembly and tandem repeat reconstruction. With a decade of experience spanning lecturing and teaching roles and a BSc from BUET, she combines strong academic training with practical mentoring and pedagogy. Her work in the Shao Group bridges theoretical algorithm design and practical genomic assembly challenges, producing tools that tackle repetitive and circular sequence structures often missed by standard pipelines. Based in State College, she brings a rare blend of classroom experience and research-driven software development, positioning her to translate complex biological problems into efficient algorithmic solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State UniversityHigh School/Secondary Certificate Programs, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs at Dhanmondi TutorialBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
English, Bengali
Github Skills (4)
genomics1
rna-seq1
bioinformatics1
sequencing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
TasfiaZahin/TasfiaZahin.github.io
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
Shao-Group/EquiRep
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:7 releases, 7 tags in 1 month
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