Staff Scientist

Jan 2022 - Present

Keywords: Medical Database, sql, Python and R

Assistant Staff Scientist (MMDB) position in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (https://biochemistry.uams.edu/) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) extracts and compiles medical research data from existing databases within the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. This position works closely with CI faculty to perform targeted database queries and distribute requested data in compliance with IRB rules and regulation.

Tools used: MS access, MS-SQL, python, R

Reserach Fellow

Dec 2019 - Dec 2021

Keywords: Coarse-grain simulation, Server, Database development, Machine learning, High performance computing (HPC), Python and R

• Construction of large scale database with structural bioinformatics dataset and

• Develop machine learning based computational algorithms to study the dynamics of protein-protein interaction of membrane receptors in immune systems and their functional role in cell signal transduction

• Using Coarse-Grained simulations to characterize the Mechanisms of Protein–Protein Association

Research Associate

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Keywords: Epigenomics analysis, Machine learning, HPC, Python and R

• focus on development of predictive models of genomic binding by the nuclear receptors, aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2)

• Collect, prepare and analyze research data; keep a detailed note of summarized experiments

• tabulate and display data for presentation in research conferences and for manuscript preparation; used computational and statistical software to analyze and present data

• Supervise and help other personnel in the lab to coordinate research efforts for increased efficiency; participate in training of grad/masters/PhD students, and volunteer workers as needed