Brett F.

Experience

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  St. Lawrence University

  Jun 2013 - May 2014

  As a St. Lawrence University Research Fellow I conducted eight weeks of independent research on the population genetic structure of the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). I was able to experience equal amounts of time in the laboratory setting conducting PCR, running gel electrophoresis, and using GeneMapper to score allele peaks, as well as being exposed to the field setting where I live-trapped individuals and conducted road surveys to obtain tissue samples for DNA extraction. This project has developed into a Senior Honors Project where I am utilizing the multilocus genotype for individuals in order to determine relatedness, thereby providing evidence for the genetic mating system of this species. Show less

  • Teaching Assistant (General Biology I & II and Evolution)

    Aug 2012 - May 2014

  • St. Lawrence University Research Fellow

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
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  Colgate University

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Biology Teaching Lab and Animal Care Technician

  My main responsibilities included prepping lab classes with the appropriate equipment and supplies in order for students to carry out laboratory experiments efficiently and effectively. This includes making solutions, organizing museum specimens, and putting together machines and computer programs. I spend some time helping students through procedures and I oversee the animals used in the Biology department, with a significant portion of my time dedicated to live surgeries in the Human Physiology course. Show less

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  The University of British Columbia

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2017

  Teaching Assistant

  Guest Lectured on “Analyzing reduced-representation bisulfite sequencing data” in Bioinformatics (BIOL420) and “Harnessing the power of RADseq for evolutionary genomics” in Population Genetics (BIOL460). Independently instructed tutorial and lab courses including: Biostatistics (BIOL202), Biology for Science Majors I & II (BIOL116, BIOL125), and Evolution and Ecology (BIOL201).

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  Northeastern University

  Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

  Bioinformatics Research Assistant

  Responsible for writing and implementing code to analyze simulated and empirical genomic data.Ordered lab supplies, mentored undergraduate students, and conducted monthly field sampling.

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  Embark Veterinary

  Aug 2018 - now

  Work on a team of scientists and engineers to develop and maintain a fully automated ancestry pipeline, in Python, for canids; reducing results needing manual review by 70+% in 2020Compose and curate SQL queries from multiple data sources to conduct analyses and prioritize weekly tasksUse a feature-branch workflow in Github to open pull requests and review codeUse AWS for cloud computing- EC2, S3, ASG, SQS, CloudWatch

  • Scientist II, Bioinformatics

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Bioinformatics Research Associate

    Aug 2018 - Mar 2021