Zachary Foster
Postdoctoral Researcher at US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Salem, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Foster is a postdoctoral researcher and software-savvy molecular biologist with over a decade of experience building reproducible data analysis tools and lab workflows for pathogen detection. Based at the USDA ARS in Salem, Oregon, he develops Nextflow pipelines and Python packages that bridge sequencing-based diagnostics and assay design, drawing on a PhD in cellular and molecular biology. His background spans hands-on molecular techniques, bioinformatics, R package and website development from graduate work, and earlier genomic data toolbuilding as an undergraduate. Zachary also applies DevOps practices to open-source projects—acting as release manager and automation-focused maintainer on community repositories—underscoring his emphasis on reproducible, production-ready science software.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at Oregon State University
Github Skills (10)
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release-management10
automation10
script10
automations10
shell10
scripting10
devops8
gameplay7
videogames7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
skyarkhangel/Hardcore-SK
Mar 2017 - Sep 2020
Rimworld Hardcore SK project, our discord server:
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Release Manager
DevOps Engineer & Release ManagerContributions:44 commits, 17 PRs, 29 comments in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Zachary's contributions primarily focused on managing the release process and cleaning up the project. The commits show repetitive executions of a script, `prepare_release.sh`, which removes intermediate files like images, HTML files, and source files before each release. This indicates a focus on automation for cleaning the project and possibly building for releases. The frequent merging of the 'master' branch suggests the user actively handled releases.
hardcoregamediscorddiscord-serversimulator
zachary-foster/MineralsExtra
Jun 2018 - Sep 2022
MineralsExtra: An expansion mod for the Minerals mod for the Hardcore SK project
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 2 PRs in 4 years 3 months
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