Work

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Undergraduate Researcher, Turakhia Lab

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

San Diego, CA · Sep 2024 Jan 2026

reads
16M+
accuracy
99%
speedup
2X

metaWEPP

Built metaWEPP, a Snakemake/Python metagenomics data workflow for discovering and analyzing novel viruses.

Publication

Co-authored a paper accepted to ISMB 2026, and NAR Genomics, top bioinformatics conferences and journals.

Classification

Tuned hyperparameters to add support for over 16 million reads and achieved 99% classification accuracy.

Automation

Automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions, built Docker images, and parallelized workflows, achieving a 2X speedup.

Snakemake · Python · GitHub Actions · Docker