Christopher M
Director Of User Services And Outreach at Center for Translational Data Science at the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher M is an interdisciplinary scientific software and automation leader with eight years of experience building and supporting biomedical data infrastructures at the University of Chicago. Trained as an evolutionary geneticist and organic/analytical chemist, he combines deep domain knowledge in molecular biology, sequencing, metabolomics and genetic mapping with hands-on automation expertise on liquid handlers and HPLC-MS. He currently leads user services and outreach for Gen3-based data commons, designing data models, authoring programmatic tutorials, integrating AI-enabled workflows, and mentoring a team of scientific support analysts. A self-taught programmer comfortable in Bash, Python, R, Perl and VB, he bridges wet-lab workflows and cloud-native data platforms to accelerate reproducible research. Notably, his background spans field automation, custom instrument scripting, and method development—skills he leverages to translate complex lab processes into scalable, user-friendly computational resources.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Organic Chemistry, Master of Science (M.S.) Organic Chemistry at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (BS) Botany/Plant Biology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Botany/Plant Biology at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Chicago
Github Skills (56)
data-dictionary10
imaging10
golang10
devops10
r-notebook9
python-functions9
thesaurus8
python8
data-access8
dictionary8
portal8
traits7
bioinformatics7
commons7
yaml7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MIDRC/midrc_dictionary
Apr 2021 - Mar 2025
A data dictionary for the Medical Imaging Resource Data Commons (MIDRC).
Contributions:1 release, 15 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 years 10 months
dictionarycommonspythondata-commonsimaging
uc-cdis/gen3-user-doc
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 136 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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