Alex Bauer

Experience

• 

  Gap Inc.

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2024

  Retail Sales Lead at Banana Republic and Gap

  Provide personalized customer service, incorporating customer analytics for an enhanced shopping experience.

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  REI

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  Retail Sales Associate

  Managed a changing priority work environment with projects ranging from visual merchandising to customer interaction. Provided a smooth and knowledgeable shopping experience for our customers who were preparing to explore the outdoors.

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  University of Pittsburgh

  Dec 2022 - Dec 2023

  Developed models to investigate the effects of auditory stimuli on the cortico-amygdala to auditory cortex pathway in mice. Recreated mouse neuron telemetry data from computerized models to optimize neuronal response in mice under varied conditions.Developed an autonomous algorithm utilizing Gaussian smoothing to predict the shape of plotted correlation data.

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher

    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher

    Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
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  PosiROI, LLC

  Jan 2024 - now

  Data Scientist

  Perform exploratory data analysis as well as implementation of statistical models to uncover levels of compounded risk associated with ZIP code socio-economic factors. Manage big data from Komodo Health and create digestible data story-telling visuals to capture insights into how patient adherence is affected by community demographics across the country.

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  Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation

  Apr 2024 - now

  Investigating the role of exercise and air quality in pregnancy outcome as part of a larger deep phenotyping of pregnancy. This study aims to identify the interaction of a multitude of both biological and experiential factors such as gut microbiome, placental and maternal genetic markers, exercise, environment, and habits that influence pregnancy and risk for complications. Created an algorithm to unify patient data from various databases into a user-facing system that can be searched via natural language to allow researchers worldwide to draw insights from clinical and specimen data procured at Magee Women's Hospital. This algorithm and interface increased the performance of data access time by 94%. Show less

  • Data Administrator

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Research Analyst

    Apr 2024 - now
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  The DataJam

  Dec 2024 - now

  DataJam Administrator