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Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Manager of Bioinformatics
Center for Translational Data Science

Evolutionary quantitative/statistical genetics
Bioinformatics
Genetic architecture
Reproducibility
N-dimensional data integration

Education

Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology
2005-2011
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
B.S., Biology
2002-2005
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Experience

Research Assistant Professor
2020-Present
Biological Sciences Division, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Manager of Bioinformatics - PlanX
2020-Present
Center for Translational Data Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Manager of Bioinformatics
2018-2020
Center for Research Informatics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Assistant Professor
2017-2020
Biological Sciences Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bioinformatician
2013-2017
Center for Research Informatics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
2011-2013
The University of Texas, Austin, TX

Skills

Bioinformatics
WXS, WGS, RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, microarrays, de novo assemblies
Advanced Programming
Python, Perl, R
Intermediate Programming
C++, D, Scala, JavaScript, SAS
Statistics
GLMMs, REML parameter estimation, multivariant models
Environments
UNIX/Linux, HPC, AWS EC2, S3, Docker
Database
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB

Selected Projects

COVID-19 International Research Team
data modeling and analysis subgroup
Genomic Data Commons
developed various annotation and filtration workflows; MAF spec; automation
Gabriella Miller Kids First
genomic harmonization team

Contact

Kyle Hernandez
Chicago, IL
kmhernan84 at gmail dot com
Center for Translational Data Science