Works at – Bioinformatics coordinator at the University of Maryland
Teaches – Bioinformatics for Geneticists and Biologists (BIGB)
Ian has been working with bioinformatics and genomics for the past 6 years as a biologist. He worked for 3 years completing the genome sequences of two oomycetes while completing his PhD with Dr. Chris Lane at the University of Rhode Island.
He has lead the de novo sequencing, assembly, annotation, and analyses on over 15 genomes. He has also been a lead researcher with a variety of RNAseq projects from model organisms to de novo research projects. He is currently the Bioinformatics Manager of the UMD Bioinformatics Core where he conducts tailored bioinformatics workshops for researchers in and around the University of Maryland.
