Jonathan Dayton
I'm a bioinformatics student at Brigham Young University, and I expect to graduate in April 2017. I'm doing cancer research with Dr. Stephen Piccolo and IT work for Dayton Financials.
Work Experience
BYU Cancer Research
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
August 2015 – Present
Provo, UT
I’ve worked with Dr. Piccolo using R and Python on projects to identify genomic criteria from TCGA patients to predict whether a given individual will respond to a particular disease treatment.
Work Experience
Dayton Financials
IT Specialist
September 2015 – Present
Salt Lake City, UT
Dayton Financials specializes in online sales. I use Python to analyze data from our competitors so we can make better purchasing decisions. I am also heading a team to write an inventory management web app based in PHP.
Work Experience
Adilas
Web Developer Intern
February 2015 – September 2015
Logan, UT
Adilas is a Salida, CO-based company whose goal is to provide an all-in-one business solution. I made small client-requested tweaks to existing features using JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and ColdFusion. I also worked on a team to build Adilas’s APIs in PHP.
Education
Brigham Young University
BS, Bioinformatics
2012 - Present
Provo, UT
I plan to graduate in April 2017, though I’m considering staying another few semesters to major in CS.
I intend to pursue a PhD in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology in the future.
Education
Brigham Young University
Relevant Courses
- Advanced Programming Concepts
- Bioinformatics Algorithms
- Internet Programming
- Supercomputing
- Discrete Structures
- To be continued…
Skills
- Python – web crawling and data analytics (pandas)
- R
- Linux/Bash
- HTML/CSS
- jQuery/JavaScript/A little bit of Angular & React
- PHP
- Java
- Android
- C++
Volunteer Experience
LDS Missionary
February 2013 - February 2015
Kansas City Metro Area
I volunteered as an LDS Missionary for two years. I maintained a rigorous 6 ½ days a week, 14 hours a day schedule, finding and teaching anyone interested in our message and conducting meetings with other missionaries. I served in leadership positions over 8-32 other missionaries for over half of my mission.
Interests
Here are some of my current interests:
- Blogging and learning the technologies associated with Jekyll
- Studying persuasive writing and rhetoric
- Automating my life with Python and Bash (for example, I recently wrote a script that emails me when my stocks rise or fall a certain amount)
- Listening to podcasts and audiobooks
- Long walks on the beach
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of ORCA Grant, 2016 for my cancer research
- Eagle Scout, 2012