Yun Zhang
Bioinformatics Analyst
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYun Zhang is a bioinformatics analyst and software engineer with 10 years of experience applying full-stack and computational development to infectious disease research. Based at San Diego, she has led product development for the National Bacterial-Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center, authored custom Python libraries and algorithms that accelerated computational research, and grew a global user base sixfold through training and outreach. Her background blends an MS in Computer Science (4.0) with an MLIS, enabling her to translate complex biological data needs into well-designed software, databases, and reproducible analyses. A prolific collaborator, she has presented at 11 international conferences, co-authored 19 peer-reviewed and invited articles, and mentors interns in project design and coding—demonstrating a rare mix of research credibility and hands-on engineering.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (6)
sequencing9
r9
rna-seq9
random-forest8
ontology6
machine-learning6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yunzhang813/FUNNEL-GSEA-R-Package
Jun 2016 - Jan 2020
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
NLM-DIR/FRmatch
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Cell type matching in single-cell RNA-sequencing data using FR-Match
Contributions:2 releases, 85 commits, 74 pushes in 3 years 9 months
sequencingcell-type-matchingcell-typesrscrna-seq
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