Bioinformatics Research Assistant 2018-current
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Who Am I?
Hi I'm Chandra Earl. I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Genetics & Genomics program at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. My work bridges many facets of informatics and data science, with a focus on large-scale biodiversity science and producing reproducible, robust and generalized code.
I work with large amounts of data, creating megaphylogies across a variety of taxa or developing deep learning models using biological images. In doing so, I have become proficient in a large variety of computational languanges and tools, and I am always ready to experience more! I strongly enjoy working with museum and natural history data and across and within a diverse array of living organisms.
Click here to explore some of my current research projects! :)
My Skills
Programming
Fluent: Python, R, SQL
Proficient: HTML, Unix, Markdown, Git
Familiar: JavaScript, CSS, Mathematica, TensorFlow
Genomics
Sequence Processing, Assembly, Gene Annotation, Gene Expression, Transcriptomics
Machine Learning
Convolutional Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Image Processing
Phylogenetics
Sequence Alignment, Phylogenetic methods (Maximum Likelihood, Baysian Inference), Dating
Phylodiversity
Biodiverse, Biodiversity and Endemism metrices
Other
Ecological Niche Modelling, Website design
Current Projects
GeneDumper
WebsiteMachine Learning and Bumblebees
AnimationPhylodiversity of North American Butterflies
IllustrationEducation
Thesis Title: Phylogenetic and Biodiversity Analyses Using Molecular and Morphometric Tools
Major: Genetics and Genomics
Defense Date: May 12, 2020
School: University of Florida
GPA: 3.77
Major: Biology
Emphasis: Biotechnology
Minor: Bioinformatics
Graduation Date: May 2015
School: University of Florida
GPA: 3.14
Work Experience
Smithsonian Summer Internship Summer 2018
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Bioinformatics Research Assistantship 2016-2018
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Graduate Research Assistantship 2015-2016
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Undergraduate Bioinformatics Assistant 2014-2015
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Undergraduate Laboratory Researcher 2012-2014
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Recent Publications
June 2018 | BMC Evolutionary Biology
Toussaint EFA, [...], Earl C et al. Anchored Phylogenomics Illuminates the Skipper Butterfly Tree of Life. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018.
January 2018 | Systematic Biology
Breinholt JW, Earl C, et al. Resolving Relationships among the Megadiverse Butterflies and Moths with a Novel Pipeline for Anchored Phylogenomics, Systematic Biology, 2018.
February 2017 | Evolution
Earl C, et al. Digest: Imperfect Convergence in Butterfly Wing Patterns, Evolution, 2017.