Resume
I work at Integrated DNA Technologies where I synthesize and QC oligonucleotides. My current interests include data science and web development, so I am attempting make a career transition into that area.
You can see my skills, employment history, and educational background below. You can look some of my work on the projects page and on Github. You can also download my resume as a pdf.

Skills

LanguagesJavaScript(Node.js), Python, Java, NoSQL(MongoDB)
FrameworksExpress.js, Reactjs, jQuery, Bootstrap, NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib
ToolsGit, Vim, Maven, HTTP APIs
DevOpsAWS(EC2, S3, CloudFront), Nginx, SSH
TestingJUnit(Java), Mocha(JavaScript)

Experience

Production Scientist II at Integrated DNA Technologies
November 2014-Present
Currently working in a lab that produces custom DNA oligonucleotides. I have developed various tools to streamline the production process including:
  • vCheck: A GUI JavaFX application to streamline a quality control process that gives employees a visual way of passing/failing final product.
  • Patches: A command line tool for merging multiple text data files into a single, aggregate file.
My primary duties include synthesizing, purifying and performing quality control sampling and anlysis on oligonucleotides for academic and industrial use.

Projects

Pilcrow
A web application where registered users take turns writing to a writing a story. It uses a MERN stack that presists users, threads and entrys with an API built with MongoDB and Express.js. The front-end is rendered with a mixture of static HTML/CSS using pug, as well as ReactJS for the dynamic components.

Education

Bachelor's Degree (B.S.), Physics
University Of California, Santa Barbara
Postbaccalaureate Study, Computer Science
San Diego State University