Zhenyu Zhang
Director Of Bioinformatics
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhenyu Zhang is a Director of Bioinformatics with over two decades in biomedical research and more than 15 years focused on data analysis, leading cloud-based data commons and large-scale genomics production efforts. He directs multidisciplinary teams of bioinformaticians, scientific programmers, and clinical curators to design pipelines, produce petabyte-scale datasets, and translate complex omics analyses into actionable insights. His background spans hands-on method development—from GWAS/eQTL and multi-omics integration to rapid viral detection in human NGS data—and statistical modeling informed by an M.S. in Statistics and a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he combines scientific rigor with operational leadership, serving as co-PI on major Genomics Data Commons initiatives while driving technology evaluation and cloud-native analysis at the Center for Translational Data Science. An understated strength is his track record of bridging deep wet-lab epigenetics expertise with scalable computational pipelines to accelerate translational research.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology at The University of Texas at AustinM.S. Genetic Engineering, M.S. Genetic Engineering at Fudan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (75)
gdc9
bioinformatics9
genome9
genomics8
dictionary8
sequencing8
r-package8
seq7
bam7
igraph7
data-dictionary7
virtualbox7
rna-seq6
fasta6
science6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ZhenyuZ/gdc
May 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:8236 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
ZhenyuZ/transcriptome
May 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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