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Xin Zhang
Bedminster Township, New Jersey, 07921
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham, New Hampshire
M.S. Statistics, Dec 2017
GPA 3.97/4.0
BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Beijing, China
M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jul 2010
HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Shijiazhuang, China B.S. Biotechnology, Jul 2007
SKILLS
Data mining and model building
Statistical forecasting and regression
Neural Network and time series
R, Python, JMP, MySQL, Excel
SAS Certified Base Programmer
Linux and cluster computation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire
Statistical analysis of strawberry genotyping data Feb 2018 – Present Organized large scale biological data using Python and Excel, including data extraction, grouping, consolidation, etc.
Developed bioinformatics workflow for downstream error correction, imputation and statistical analysis.
Housing Price Prediction: Linear regression versus Neural network Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 Accomplished data quality control and normalization Built and evaluated Ridge, Lasso and Elastic Net and neural network models. Identified relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.
Analysis of Human Hemoglobin Subunit Beta Mutation Sep 2015 – Jan 2016 Developed Python scripts to simulate and quantify DNA sequence mutations. Analyzed and visualized biological data for the study of human protein evolution. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings parsing Dec 2015 – Jul 2016 Developed scripts to retrieve and compile SEC filings. Accomplished SEC filings data parsing and text mining for financial analysis. WORK EXPERIENCE
University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire
Teaching Assistant Sep 2015 – Dec 2017
Simplified complex mathematical concepts into multiple easier steps for students to follow. Evaluated and graded examinations, assignments, or papers and recorded grades. Instructed on experiment design, and report writing.