Bioinformatic Data Scientist · University of Kansas Medical Center
I'm a data scientist, artist, and nature lover. When I'm not decoding complex biology from large, heterogenous datasets with code and stats, I'm capturing moments through photography, crafting collages, or bouldering.
I work at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where I emphasize reproducible science by building pipelines and packages for a huge variety of data types and analyses and contribute to published research through consulting across a variety of domain expertise.
I am most passionate about the democratization of data. I am committed to ensuring that knowledge from data is not lost in poor visualizations, inaccessible code, or choppy writing; I strive to take complex findings in biological data and making them accessible to not only a broad audience of data experts, but also to those without domain experience. I find true passion in being able to explain complex insights from data in a way that is clear, engaging, and actionable for a wide variety of audiences.
Projects
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Workshop
2026 KUMC Microbiome Symposium Workshop
Developed and delivered an interactive workshop and companion site for wet lab biologists with no prior data science background, translating complex analytical methods into accessible, hands-on learning materials.
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Documentation
KU HPC Internal Partition User Site
Worked with small team to develop internal processes to reduce redundancy in content within on-premesis HPC system. Developed website to document shared tools and resources and assist new users with common processes.
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Nextflow Pipeline
Documentation for the 16Sguild Pipeline for 16S rRNA Data Analysis
Collaboratively built documentation for the 16Sguild Nextflow pipeline I created for seamless analysis of multistep data in a reproducible manner, providing detailed instructions and examples for analyzing 16S rRNA sequencing data.
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Interactive Workbook
Link Functions Workbook
An interactive workbook exploring generalized linear model link functions: what they are, why they matter, and how to choose one.
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Webpage
nf-core lore (nf-lore)
Created nf-core's community lore page during a global hackathon spanning hundreds of open-source contributors across six continents. Also led the first-ever Kansas City local hub at KUMC for the March 2026 hackathon, representing one of only four U.S. sites, bringing the international event to a local in-person community for the first time.
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R Package
micRoclean
An R package for decontaminating low-biomass 16S rRNA microbiome data, accounting for reagent-kit and environmental contaminants.
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R Package
optima
An open-source R package for the Tapestri platform enabling integrative single-cell multi-omics data analysis.
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Life Outside the Office
