Chase Ridenour

• Developed and automated NextGen sequence data analysis pipelines using Nextflow, Snakemake, Python, and R for large-scale Illumina, Nanopore, and PacBio genomic datasets.
• Maintained a Linux server environment for hosting web applications, dashboards, and SQL
databases, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Created and deployed custom Docker and Singularity containers to standardize anal

Develop scripts for data acquisition, processing, and visualization in R, Bash, and Python
Used Snakemake to develop next-generation sequencing and analysis pipelines, including Nextstrain analyses.
Communicate significant findings to non-specialist team members and collaborators

Taught four semesters of introductory programming courses (Matlab, Python, and Java)
Taught a junior level writing course for the biology department for two semesters.
Grader for graduate level software algorithms course (C++)
I was responsible for lecturing, grading and holding meeting with students.

Performed surgery to remove oocytes from African-Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis).
Responsible for contacting clients with updates about their order.
Managed Excel spreadsheets with all records related to surgeries.

Assisted in the GCH1 protein extraction for Malaria Box drug testing.
Started independent project investing the evolutionary similarities of hemoglobin-processing and heme detoxification enzymes in Malarial Parasites.
Results from this project were published.

Assisted in the Optimization of G6PD protein purification from 8mL venous human blood.
My role in the fieldwork was conducting the Quantitative Trinity Biotech G6PD deficiency assay to determine which individuals were G6PD deficient.
Results were published

Relevant Course Work:

Statistics and Mathematics:

Spatial Statistical Methods
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Bayesian Statistical Modeling
Multivariate Statistics
Mathematical Statistics I and II


Programming:

Parallel Computing in C
Data Structures in C/C++
Introduction to Python


Communication:

Visualizing Scientific Results
Professional Communication
Scientific Writing