Yuzhu Duan
Senior Software Engineer, Bioinformatics
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuzhu Duan is a Senior Software Engineer in bioinformatics with nine years’ experience building test infrastructure and tools to analyze large genomic datasets both on-premises and across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Holding a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from UC Riverside, she has developed multiple software packages and web services for drug discovery and ML pipelines, including a highly optimized search tool that reduced memory needs by 90% and query time by 75%. At Illumina she connects bioinformatics research and production engineering, designing verification tests and automation utilities for distributed systems like DRAGEN and HPC clusters. Skilled in Python, R, Linux, and scalable deployment, she blends algorithmic rigor and statistical insight with practical cloud-native experience. Beyond production work, she has shipped real-time ML services and interactive web apps, demonstrating an uncommon habit of pairing academic innovation with production-grade engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Fudan UniversityNanodegree, Data Analyst, Pass, Nanodegree, Data Analyst, Pass at UdacityPh.D., Bioinformatics, Ph.D., Bioinformatics at University of California, Riverside
Github Skills (7)
gene-expression10
bioconductor10
signature10
visualization7
bioinformatics5
html1
css1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yduan004/geneTargetAnno
Jul 2017 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
girke-lab/signatureSearch
Oct 2018 - Mar 2022
R/Bioconductor package including the Gene Expression Signature Search (GESS), Function Enrichment Analysis (FEA) methods and supporting drug-target network construction for visualization
Contributions:163 commits, 2 PRs, 106 pushes in 3 years 6 months
enrichment-analysisgene-expressionsignatureenrichmentbioconductor
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