CV
Education
- B.S. in Southern University of Science and Technology, 2018
- M.S. in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2020
- Ph.D in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2025 (expected)
Experience
- Visiting Scholar: Research Assistant
- College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin City
- Duties included: Bioinformatic workflow development
- Supervisor: Professor Yue Chen
Computational skills
- Operating Systems: Linux • Windows • Mac OS
- Scripting, Programming & Analytics: Bash • R • tidyverse • Python • Perl • JAVA • MATLAB
- Bioinformatic Stack: Genomics data processing and analyses • Metagenomics data processing and analyses • Transcriptomics data processing and analyses • Proteomics data analysis • Statistical analyses • Multi-omic data integration • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) • RNA-seq analyses • IQ-Tree/Molecular clock modeling • Single-cell genomic analyses • Gene/Genome ontology annotation analyses • Bioconda/Miniconda
- Productivity Stack: git code version control • LATEX2εtypesetting • Vim text editor • oarsub and slurm High-Performance Computing (HPC) job scheduler • Microsoft Office
Experimental skills
- Molecular biology & biochemistry: Real-time quantitative PCR • Mutagenesis • RNA interference • Inter simple sequence repeat analysis • Isoenzyme analysis • DNA/RNA/Protein extraction & purification of bacteria/plant/mammalian cells
- Environmental science & technology: Water quality analysis • Flow cytometry • Biomass filtration in wastewater treatment • Viral isolation from wastewater • Nucleic acid extraction • High-throughput sequencing & library preparation • Long-read sequencing & library preparation
- Structual biology: Protein crystallization • Synchrotron data collection • Data processing and structure determination (HKL2000, Phenix, CCP4i, Coot, PyMOL)
- Cell biology: Cell culture and transfection • Immunofluorescence • Karyotype detection • Cell cloning & differentiation
Languages
English (Excellent) Chinese (National Language) Japanese (Fluent)
Publications
Talks
Selected Talk at MVIF.15, 16th January 2023
Talk at Microbiome Virtual International Forum, MVIF
Teaching
Grants and Awards
- Best Poster Award, MEWE2021, October 2021, Delft, Netherlands
- BESE Dean’s Award, BESE, KAUST, December 2022, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Ph.D. Progression Award, KAUST, October 2022 – Now, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams