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**email**: rreggiar <@> stanford [dot] edu

## Summary

I am an **NIH K00 fellow supported by the NIDDK-KUH** in Howard Chang's lab at Stanford University.

I earned my PhD under the supervision of Asst. Professor Daniel Kim at UCSC
where I focused on developing a cell-free, repeat-aware RNA liquid biopsy.
In addition to my academic training I also **interned with ClearNote Health (fmr: Bluestar Genomics)**, 
one of the leaders in commercial liquid biopsy technology.

My expertise is in bioinformatics and applied machine learning/statistics -- techniques
I have used to help advance academic (RNA) and industrial (DNA) liquid biopsy 
approaches. 

## Education

**Stanford University** | Palo Alto, CA

Postdoctoral Scholar | August 2023 - Ongoing

Advisor: Howard Y. Chang

**University of California, Santa Cruz** | Santa Cruz, CA

Ph.D. in Bioengineering & Bioinformatics | September 2017 - May 2023 (est.)

Advisor: Daniel H. Kim

**University of California, Santa Cruz** | Santa Cruz, CA

B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | September 2012 - June 2017

Advisor: Glenn Millhauser

## Resources

 - [UCSC SCBC 2022/23 course](https://rreggiar.github.io/ucsc_scbc_2022/)

## Support

**NIDDK-KUH F99/K00** | Fellow | September 2021 - September 2026 (est.)

## Other Experience

**UCSC GI Summer Short-course in Bioinformatics** | Lead Facilitator | Summer 2022 & 2023

**UCSC GI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee** | Member | Spring 2022 - 2023

**UCSC CITL Graduate Pedagogy** | Fellow | Winter 2022 - 2023

**Bionformatics Scientist** | Intern > Consultant | June 2021 - 2022

**Teaching Assistant for:** Data Viz, Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Biology Lab, Intro to Comp. Bio, and more ...