Kristen Brown
Kristen is an interdisciplinary scientist with a background in computational biology and physics. Currently a PhD student in the Cell & Molecular Biology program studying microRNA associated proteins, she is interested in advancing biomedical research through reproducible data pipelines.
- Education: M.S. and B.S. in Physics, Virginia Tech
- Interests: Reproducible research, data science, HPC, education
- Languages (experienced): Python, R
- Languages (learning): C++, Julia
- Currently learning: Data science, distributed computing
- Learning next: Flutter/Dart
- Current pet projects: Raspberry Pi cluster, home assistant
- Current research projects: Small RNA data analysis pipeline
- GitHub
A bit more background
My career interests
My research Interests
My PhD work
My current BCG work
Currently I am working with students interested in practicing programming on developing educational projects they can code in order to learn Python. I try to let students learn on their own and provide feedback while teaching one-on-one when necessary.
Random facts I have also used MATLAB, FORTRAN, and Perl, but not extensively. I entered a community ice carving contest in a random town in Maine once.
My projects & contributions
My blog posts