Experience

  1. Senior Research Scholar

    North Carolina State University

    Responsibilities include:

    • Collaborate with CHHE members to conduct interdisciplinary research
    • Serve as Boiinformatics liaison for CHHE

  2. Research Scholar

    North Carolina State University

    Responsibilities include:

    • Collaborate with CHHE members to conduct interdisciplinary research
    • Serve as Boiinformatics liaison for CHHE

  3. Senior Bioinformatician

    CNTS, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

    Responsibilities include:

    • Infectious diseases
    • Software application development (Python, R, Bioconductor)
    • Bioinformatics data analysis
    • Data integration and project management

  4. Bioinformatician I

    Duke University

    Responsibilities include:

    • Cancer Genomics
    • B-Cell Biology
    • Next Generation Sequencing
    • Whole Genome SNP
    • Design, develop and implement analysis framework and statistical support for multiple projects

  5. Research Associate

    NCSU

    Responsibilities include:

    • Served as staff researcher conducting studies of Natural Killer Cells
    • Developed and implemented independent research
    • Analyzed expression microarray data and conducted molecular biology wet lab work to answer specific biological question

  6. Nobel Research Center, Oklahoma State University

    Responsibilities include:

    • Database integration and parsing

  7. Assistant Lecturer

    Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

    Responsibilities include:

    • Teaching and conducting independent research

Education

  1. MSc Bioinformatics

    Wageningen University
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  2. BSc

    Haramaya University
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Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
Data Science
R

Use daily to analyze diverse genomic data

SQL
Hobbies
Running
Playing Chase
Awards
Center for Human Health and the Environment Outstanding Member Award
CHHE, North Carolina State Unvirsity ∙ November 2019
Scholarship for Master’s study
Netherland Fellowship Program ∙ August 2003

Learned:

  • Studied MSc in Bioinformatics
Degree with distinction for graduation with a high four years cumulative grade point average
Haramaya University ∙ June 2000
Graduated BSc in distinction
Languages
100%
English
100%
Afaan Oromo
100%
Amharic