Eric Holden

**** *. ******* ******, *******, AZ *5022

602-***-****

acucsz@r.postjobfree.com

Recent Graduate from ASU's Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Master's program.

Undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) with a

Computer Science minor. Currently pursuing a Computer Science Bachelor's

degree at ASU.

Skills

Laboratory: PCR, Gel Electrophoresis (Western Blotting), Bacterial

Culturing, Bacterial Transformation, Mass Spectrometry, NMR Spectroscopy,

Spectrophotometry

Languages: Java (primary), C, Bash scripting, Haskell, Prolog, Ruby,

Assembly, HTML, Python

Software/Tools: Eclipse (debugging, unit testing), Putty, WinSCP, Violet,

SAS, WEKA, Matlab, SQL, DAVID

Statistics: Paired T-test analysis, Non-parametric analysis (Wilcoxon

exact), Regression, Chi Squared analysis

Other: UML diagramming (class, sequence, activity, use case), Software

Requirements Documentation

Education

Arizona State University

MS, Biomedical Informatics (BMI) - May, 2015

Biomedical Informatics Coursework

Completed

Intro to Biomedical Informatics

Foundations of BMI Methods I-II

Intro to Clinical Environments

BMI Symposium

Applied Biostatistics in Medicine and Informatics

Translational Bioinformatics

Intro to Digital Image Processing

Problem Solving in BMI

Statistics for Biosciences

Clinical Decision Support

Research (see Experience below)

University of Arizona

BS, Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB) with Computer Science minor

Computer Science Coursework

Completed

. Intro to Computer Science I-II

. Introduction to Discrete Structures

. Computer Organization

. Object-Oriented Programming and Design

. Analysis of Discrete Structures

. Systems Programming and Unix

. Comparative Programming Languages

. Introduction to Parallel and Distributed

Programming

. Automata, Grammars and Languages

. Computer Networking

Molecular and Cellular Biology Coursework

Completed

. General Chemistry I-II

. Introductory Biology

. Organic Chemistry I-II

. Problem Solving With Genetic Tools

. Metabolic Biochemistry

. Molecular Genetics

. Cell Developmental Biology

. Mechanisms in Plant Development

. Neurogenetics

. Recombinant DNA Methods and Applications

Experience

Methylation Analysis Research (June 2014 - May 2015), ASU Biomedical

Informatics program working under Dr Valentin Dinu. Aimed to compare

methylation of genome-wide markers between lean and obese groups using

statistical methods (SAS) and pathway analysis (DAVID) to determine

potential genomic locations and genes which may contribute to insulin

resistance.

Intern/Helios Scholars Program (Summer 2010), Translational Genomics

Research Institute (TGen) - Working under Dr. David Craig, Neurogenomics

Division, Bioinformatics Research Unit, developed an annotator program in

Java to parse through DNA and identify codons containing SNPs in order to

help determine their significance in causing genetic disorders. The

program used information from VCF, UCSC gene, and FASTA file formats.

CAS Program (2005-2009) - Successfully completed 4-year CAS program

required for IB degree, consisting of activities relating to Creativity,

Activity and Service, including Web site development, scuba certification

training and numerous volunteer activities under the review of various

adult mentors

Council of Elders, Villa Montessori School (2008) - Sat on the Council as

an alumni and interviewed middle school students who were completing their

"Heroic Journey" requirements prior to graduation from the program

Back to School Clothing Drive (2005-2008) - Volunteered yearly to assist

with set up of the program and worked as a student guide in 2008, assisting

children with their selection of clothing

Precinct Poll Worker (2008) - Primary and General Elections, assisting

voters with sign in and equipment

Lawn mowing service (2007-2009) - Self-employed to provide neighborhood

lawn service

BTEK Software, Inc. (2004) - Middle school internship

Honors & Awards

. Recipient of the National Merit Finalist Scholarship

. University of Arizona - Dean's List (2010)

. Member of the National Collegiate Honors Society

. Graduated with an International Baccalaureate (IB) Degree, earning 17

hours of transferable college credits, 8 hours in biology, North Canyon

High School (NCHS), Phoenix, Arizona

. Advanced Placement Academic Excellence Award (NCHS 2005-2009)

. Paradise Valley School District Superintendent's Honor Roll (2007-

2008)

. Perfect Attendance Award (2008)

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