I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maine in 2013, while studying computational methods for large-scale comparative functional genomics underlying addiction and behavior in the Chesler group at Jackson Laboratory. Prior to that, I earned a MS in Computer Science in 2010 from the University of Tennesse while studying graph search algorithms and computational approaches to gene clustering on the supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. But my trajectory of research truly began while completing my Bachelors in Bioinformatics from Baylor University in 2006.
Before my appointment to the Research Faculty in Bioinformatics at UNC Charlotte, I worked as part of a core service for 5 years, providing expertise and results to academic and industry clients while gaining additional insights into the challenges of data integration, workflow management, and scientific reproducibility.
Science doesn't happen in a vacuum, many of my own successes have been a result of the people who have mentored and collaborated with me over my career. I've been privileged to share my experience, mentor, and learn from some amazing students over the years:
These folks have contributed to the lab in the past, and have now graduated or moved onto other things.