Experience

Experience#

Summary#

  • Microbiome scientist with 5+ years of experience developing and applying high-throughput molecular, computational, and statistical research methods to analyze 1000’s of zebrafish gut microbiome samples

  • Robust data analytic skills in multi-omic microbiome bioinformatics and multivariate statistics

  • Demonstrated abilities to collaborate and take leadership in cross-laboratory experiments and extra-curricular projects

  • Experienced in written, oral and visual communication across scientific and public audiences

Education#

Oregon State University

2025

Oregon State University

  • B.Sc. Bioresource Research, options in Bioinformatics and Genomics

2020

Research#

Oregon State University - Research Associate

  • Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.

  • Sharpton Lab

2025-Present

Oregon State University - Graduate Researcher

  • Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.

  • Advised by Dr. Thomas J. Sharpton

2020-2025

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PhD Intern

  • Richland, WA.

2023

Oregon State University - Undergraduate Researcher

  • Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.

  • Advised by Dr. Thomas J. Sharpton

2018-2020

Oregon State University - Undergraduate Researcher

  • College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.

  • Advised by Dr. Taifo Mahmud

2017-2018

Work#

Shaprton Lab - Research Associate

  • Oregon State University - Microbiome data science research

2025-Present

Microbiome Data Analytics Boot Camp – Trainer

  • Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP), Columbia University - “Planning, generating, and analyzing 16S rRNA gene sequencing surveys” - Supported workshop participants in microbiome data analysis

2025

National Microbiome Data Collaborative - Ambassador

  • The NMDC ambassador program recognizes and fosters early career scientists’ efforts to incorporate inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability (IDEA) principles to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) microbiome research data and workflows.

2024

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PhD Bioinformatics Intern

  • Projects: - Batch effect correction algorithm (BECA) evaluation

    • Analyzed dilution series experiment to resolve batch effects in lipidomics datasets, evaluated 12 commonly used BECA methods, and developed a novel BECA evaluation model.

  • Tools used: - R

2023

MJSieler Consulting - Owner

  • Projects: - Virtual Fish (GitHub)

    • Designed, developed, and deployed educational video game software for clients

    • Educational software used to fulfill grant requirements for communicating scientific research.

  • Tools used: - C#, Unity, Git

May 2022-Present

Awards, Honors & Fellowships#

OSU Scholarly Presentation Award

  • Competitive Funding Recipient

  • Awarded competitive funding to support graduate students presenting their research at professional conferences.

2024

$600

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish Health Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Fish Health Graduate Research Fellow

  • Recognized for research in Microbiology at Oregon State University, focusing on fish health issues to benefit Oregon’s fish populations.

2023-2025

$56,000

NMDC Ambassador

  • Ambassador

  • Recognized for early career efforts to advance microbiome bioinformatic research, and received training to promote the use of F.A.I.R. data principles in microbiome research.

2024

$1,000

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

  • Science Communication Fellow

  • Received certified training in informal science education and engagement with public audiences to increase their understanding of STEM research.

2020-Present

$1,000

ARCS Foundation

  • ARCS Scholar

  • Recognized for my early significant contributions to scientific research, I was awarded the prestigious ARCS Scholar grant.

2020-2023

$18,000

Professional Affiliations and Service#

Leidholdt Microbiology Summer Camp - Camp Mentor - Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR. - Supervised 20 high school students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in learning laboratory techniques.

2022, 2024

Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group - Advocate - Oregon Public Health Association. Portland, OR.

2023-Present

Microbes and Social Equity Working Group - Member

2022-Present

Microbiology Graduate Student Association - President - Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.

2022-2023

Certificates#

Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp with R

  • Program with R to wrangle, clean, analyze, and visualize data.

  • Apply advanced statistics and machine learning to gain useful insights.

  • Certificate

2021

Skills#

Programming:

  • R

  • Python

  • C# (Unity)

  • Git

  • HTML & CSS

  • C++

  • UNIX/Linux

Statistics and Data Analytics:

  • Multivariate regression

  • Model building and testing

  • Data visualization - ggplot2 - R shiny - Plotly

Bioinformatics:

  • 16S sequencing

  • Metabolomics

  • Metatranscriptomics

  • DADA2

  • Phyloseq

  • Mothur

  • Sina

  • HMMER

  • FastTree

Laboratory:

  • Zebrafish husbandry

    • Germ-free derivation

  • Bacterial culturing

  • DNA extraction

  • PCR amplification

  • Gel electrophoresis

Other:

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Languages:

  • English (native)

  • German (B2, intermediate)

  • Spanish (beginner)

Download Resume & CV#

Resume (one page)

CV

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