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Profile Summary

  • Specializing in the field of bioinformatics, computational biology, data analytics, multi-omics and microbial ecology.
  • Adept in computational method development and data analytics, and delivered extensive analyses for multi-million data intense projects funded by both U.S. government agencies and private foundations.
  • Experienced in independently addressing computational needs and solving problems from diverse scientific backgrounds as a bioinformatics software developer, while collaborating with domestic and oversea researchers.

Education

  • 2010-present, Ph.D. Candidate of Microbiology (Computational), University of Oklahoma.
  • 2006-2010, Bachelor of Software Engineering, Yunnan University, China.

Achievement Highlights

  • Co-authored 14 publications with 200+ citations (Google Scholar) on impactful professional journals, including top journals such as the Nature Climate Change, Nature Communication and Ecology Letters, among which one study was highlighted by the Washington Post. There are 8 more publications that are in preparation.
  • Being major and active developer for the GeoChip technology, which was a winner for the R&D 100 Award.
  • Won 3 times ASM (international) Student Travel Grant Award, 2 times Institute for Environmental Genomics Performance Award, 1 time ASM Outstanding Student Poster Award and George L. and Cleo Cross Graduate Student Endowed Scholarship Award.

Current Position Roles

  • leading computational method, bioinformatics software and genomics technology development.
  • processing and analyzing multi-omics datasets for in-house and collaborative data intensive projects.
  • authoring and co-authoring research publications and proposals.
  • providing training and assistance in computing and data analytics for fellow co-workers.
  • coordinating and maintaining computational resources and services for the research group and collaborators.

Find More About Me

Resume: pdf.
Google Scholar: @zhoushi.
ResearchGate: @zhoushi.
LinkedIn: @zhoushi.

Contact Me

Zhou (Jason) Shi, Graduate Research Assistant
Institute for Environmental Genomics
University of Oklahoma
Address: 101 David L. Boren Blvd, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019
Email: zhoushihn@gmail.com