Yu Cai
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Merced
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYu Cai is a postdoctoral researcher at the Water Systems Management Lab within UC Merced’s VISTA Institute, leveraging nine years of experience in agricultural economics and environmental studies to tackle water-resource and sustainability challenges. With a PhD in Agricultural Economics and a visiting research stint at Yale, Yu blends rigorous economic analysis with applied environmental research to inform policy and management of water systems. Based in California, they focus on interdisciplinary solutions that bridge data-driven modelling and field realities. Notably, their background combines traditional agricultural management insights from Northwest A&F University with exposure to U.S. environmental research networks, enabling a global but pragmatic perspective on resource resilience.
9 years of coding experience
Visiting Assistant Researcher, Environmental studies, Visiting Assistant Researcher, Environmental studies at Yale UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Agricultural Economics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Agricultural Economics at Northwest A&F University
Github Skills (102)
structural-variation10
polars10
genomics10
threaded10
bcftools10
sequence-alignment10
pairwise10
samtools10
dataframe10
bioinformatics10
next-generation-sequencing9
dataframes9
rust9
python9
computational-biology9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
silvewheat/bioNotes
Dec 2017 - Dec 2021
Contributions:47 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
silvewheat/bioplot-cli
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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