Software QA Analyst/Engineer

Cancan Huang

******.****@*****.*** 217-***-**** 310 East Michigan Ave., Apt. #5, Urbana, IL 61801

EDUCATION:

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Master of Science in Statistics (GPA: 3.77/4.00) (expected)August 2011 Master of Science in Computational Biology and Biophysics July 2010

Huazhong University of Science & Technology Wuhan, China

Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics (GPA: 90.08/100) June 2007

Huazhong University Excellent Student Award First in class 2004-2006

Relevant Graduate Coursework:

Time Series Analysis Statistical Data Management Statistical Computing

Topics in Applied Statistics Advanced Data Analysis Statistical Consulting

Sampling & Categorical Data Bioinformatics Applied Regression and Design

COMPUTER SKILLS:

SAS (SAS Certified Base Programmer), R, SQL, C, C++, Matlab, HTML, MS Office, UNIX, Adobe Illustrator

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Applied Statistics Projects & Consulting

Statistics Consulting for HIV-Communication Study February¬¬¬¬¬–May 2011

• Collaborated with two classmates, reported weekly to the client, met the client occasionally to clarify the project details and suggested necessary modifications from statistical point of view

• Conducted chi-square test, T-test, non-parametric ANOVA to address questions from the client

Time Series Analysis of US Monthly Petroleum Sales November–Dec.2010

• Built and selected best models for the sales data after removing trend and seasonal components

• Forecasted the last 0.05n data points and evaluated the stationary data in the frequency domain

Statistical Analysis of Running Events for Men in 54 Countries April–May 2010

• Computed descriptive statistics and constructed diagnostic plots

• Conducted principal component and clustering analyses, and constructed dendrograms

Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL January 2008 –May 2010

• Implemented a modified regression technique (partial least squares) within a test/training framework to construct mathematical models that describe and predict the activity of new drug molecules in silico (quantitative structure-activity relationships analysis)

• Utilized a constrained minimization approach (ligand-receptor docking) to approximate the affinity of binding for new drug molecules; permuted structure of test molecules to determine the corresponding change in binding affinity

Scientific Intern, Chinese Academy of Science / Max Planck Society Summer 2006

• Wrote program in C++ to abstract different characters of zebra fish to construct distance matrices of genes at each chromosome, in order to prove the assumption that co-expressive genes are located near each other, forming a cluster

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL August 2010–May 2011

• Led discussion sections for the course “The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Life” and laboratory sections for the course “Experimental Techniques in Cell Biology,” graded student assignments, proctored exams, wrote quizzes and held weekly office hours

ACTIVITIES:

Illinois Leadership Center, Leadership Certificate October 2007–present

• Developed leadership skills under the guidance of coaches and mentors

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