Resume
SKILLS
Languages: Python, R, Perl, SQL, Bash
Frameworks/tools: Git, Tidyverse, pandas, Rstudio, Docker
Cloud services: AWS (Lambda, S3, Batch, EC2, ECS, ECR, CodeCommit)
Bioinformatics: Assembly (Canu, Hifiasm), Variant Calling (Samtools, GATK), Alignment (BWA, Minimap, Bowtie), Comparative Genomics (Mummer, MEME Suite, Blast, Orthofinder)
EDUCATION
B.S. Crop SciencesAug 2009 – May 2012
M.S. Crop SciencesAug 2012 – May 2014
Department of Crop Sciences; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Applied Plant SciencesAug 2014 – June 2018
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
EXPERIENCE
Industry
Senior Data ScientistJune 2018 – Present
Bayer Crop Science; Bayer; St. Louis, MO
Corn Breeding InternDec 2013
Plant Breeding; BASF; Kauai, HI
Plant Biotechnology InternMay 2011 – Aug 2011
Plant Biotechnology; Monsanto Comapany; St. Louis, MO
Product Research and Development InternMay 2010 – Aug 2010
Plant Breeding; DuPont Pioneer; Ivesdale, IL
Academia
Teaching Assistant2015
Applied Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Teaching Assistant2014
Global Food Production Web; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Z Li, P Zhou, R Della Coletta, et al.
Single‐parent expression drives dynamic gene expression complementation in maize hybrids
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15042
2020
PJ Monnahan, J-M Michno, C O’Connor, et al.
Using multiple reference genomes to identify and resolve annotation inconsistencies
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6696-8
2019
A Singh, G Li, AB Brohammer, et al.
Genome-wide association and gene co-expression network analyses reveal complex genetics of resistance to Goss’s wilt of maize
https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400347
SN Anderson, MC Stitzer, AB Brohammer, et al.
Transposable elements contribute to dynamic genome content in maize
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14489
2018
AB Brohammer, TJY Kono, NM Springer et al.
The limited role of differential fractionation in genome content variation and function in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13765
J Bennetzen, S Flint-Garcia, CN Hirsch, et al.
The Maize Pan-Genome - The Maize Genome
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97427-9
TJY Kono, AB Brohammer, SE McGaugh, et al.
Tandem duplicate genes in maize are abundant and date to two distinct periods of time
https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200580
CN Hirsch, CD Hirsch, AB Brohammer, et al.
2016
Draft assembly of elite inbred line PH207 provides insights into genomic and transcriptome diversity in maize
https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00353