In today's data-heavy research environment, scientists can benefit from new computational skills. CQLS' team of Bioinformatics Trainers can help researchers learn bioinformatics basics through workshops, a user group and one-on-one training.

Bioinformatics Trainers:

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Andrew Black
Andrew Black

Andrew Black
3135 Ag & Life Sciences Bldg.
541-737-0018

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Andrew Black earned his B.S. (Biology) from Metropolitan State University of Denver, his Ph.D. (Integrative Biology) from Lehigh University, and Postdoc (fisheries genetics) at Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station. While broadly trained, his relevant research has focused on Genotyping By Sequencing for evolutionary and ecological applications. His interests and research background have spanned animal behavior, population genetics, and conservation genomics.

Steven Carrell

Steven Carrell
3137C Ag & Life Sciences Bldg.

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Steven Carrell earned his B.S. in Microbiology and his PhD in Comparative Health Sciences from Oregon State University. At the CQLS, Steven is a Faculty Research Assistant responsible for teaching, course development, and computational consulting. His interests in microbiology, computational biology, genome research, and bioinformatics has enabled him to contributing to data driven projects and several positive publications.

Matthew Peterson
Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson
3122 Ag & Life Sciences Bldg.
541-737-3897

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Matthew Peterson earned a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.S. in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon. At the CQLS, Matthew is responsible for developing processing pipelines for the Illumina, PacBio, and Genotyping by Sequencing services, as well as the curation, quality control, and backup of CQLS-generated data. 


Martin Zanaj

Martin Zanaj
3137C Ag & Life Sciences Bldg.

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Martin Zanaj earned a B.S. in Software Engineering from the University of Michigan–Dearborn, and an M.S. in Data Science from the University of Michigan. At the CQLS, Martin is a Faculty Research Assistant working on data analysis projects, course developments, and teaching.