Eric Davis
Data Engineer
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Davis is a data engineer and bioinformatics scientist with eight years of experience building software and analyses that bridge statistics, computer science, and genomics. Trained at UNC Chapel Hill where he earned a PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, he has investigated how 3D chromatin structure regulates gene transcription and translated that research into production-ready data tools. Currently at Vindhya Data Science, he combines research rigor from postdoctoral and lab roles with practical engineering—database design, R and statistical analysis, and bioinformatics pipelines—to turn complex genomic datasets into actionable insights. Comfortable across wet-lab and computational domains, he’s equally likely to design experiments, manage mouse colonies, or optimize data workflows. Known for clear scientific communication, he has a track record of preparing figures and manuscripts for publication while shipping reproducible code for genomic analysis.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School, 4.0 (Unweighted), High School, 4.0 (Unweighted) at Southwest Guilford High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English, Latin
Github Skills (38)
bootstrap10
matching10
bioconductor10
genomics10
snakemake9
r-package9
statistics9
explore8
mantis8
bedtools8
modular8
r7
ggplot7
hpc7
css6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
EricSDavis/mantis
Jul 2022 - Jan 2026
Text-based version of the mantis card game (https://www.explodingkittens.com/pages/how-to-play-mantis)
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
mantisgamecard-gametext-based
EricSDavis/hictoolsr
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
An R package with a collection of useful tools for Hi-C data analysis.
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 58 commits in 1 year 5 months
data-analysisrr-package
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