Zeqian Li
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolZeqian Li is a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at BillionToOne with eight years of experience translating complex omics datasets into biological insight, currently focused on oncology applications. Trained as a physicist (PhD work at UIUC) and seasoned in microbial ecology from the Seppe Kuehn lab at the University of Chicago, he blends quantitative modeling, machine learning, and wet-lab data to tackle questions in evolution, metabolism, and community structure. His background includes designing NGS pipelines (Snakemake), building web tools for experiment management, and leading applied R&D projects linking microbial dynamics to plant yields. Known for connecting theoretical rigor with practical lab workflows, he has contributed to multi-omics studies of Yellowstone microbial mats and novel methods to quantify microbial respiration used in peer-reviewed work.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Hong Kong Baptist UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese, Chinese
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Github Skills (26)
tui10
bioinformatics10
ratatui10
rust9
vim8
conda8
package-management7
visualization7
edit-distance7
vue7
genomics7
treeview6
bioconda6
genome6
python6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zeqianli/zeqian-li-resume
Feb 2020 - Jun 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
zeqianli/tgv
Mar 2025 - Jun 2026
Explore genomes in the terminal. Light, blazing fast 🚀, vim-motion.
Contributions:1 release, 86 PRs, 293 pushes in 1 year 3 months
vimbioinformaticsgenome-viewerratatuirust
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