SoYeon Ahn
Fullerton,California
Summary
Passionate and tech-savvy professional with a Ph.D. in genomic data research and hands-on experience in AI-driven product development and user engagement.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder
BlueDove
02.2024 - Current
- Built an end-to-end platform that leverages generative AI to enable user-created designs, using React, Node.js, Git, Docker and AWS.
- Led user research and testing to refine features and improve UI/UX.
Project Manager
H/A Studio
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Managed project timelines and facilitated communication between clients, designers, and developers to ensure on-time delivery.
Freelance
Self-Employed
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Designed and deployed a full-stack web application for a QR-based contactless ordering system for restaurants, refining features based on user feedback.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southern California
05.2018 - 09.2020
- Human centromere assembly: Designed repeat-aware algorithms that partition long reads into repeat units and assemble centromeric regions, helping close major gaps in the human reference genome.
- Single-nucleotide variant (SNV) discovery in segmental duplications: Built a Python/Snakemake pipeline integrating PacBio and Illumina data for variant calling and genotyping in duplicated regions.
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
08.2012 - 05.2018
- Built a Bayesian algorithm in Python for viral quasispecies reconstruction from NGS data; applied to simulated and patient-derived datasets.
- Designed a tensor factorization algorithm for quasispecies reconstruction from Illumina data; benchmarked on large simulated datasets and HIV-1 sequencing data in HPC environments.
- Developed a Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC)-based algorithm for haplotype assembly and genotype calling on Illumina data; implemented in C++ and validated on large human genomic datasets.
System Engineer
Hanwha Thales (formerly Samsung Thales)
01.2010 - 02.2011
- Developed modeling/simulation frameworks and signal-processing algorithms (beamforming, waveform design, filtering) for long-range radar, collaborating cross-functionally to improve detection performance.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas At Austin
05.2018
Master's Degree - Electrical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
01.2010
Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering
Korea University
02.2008
Skills
- Statistical modeling, Machine Learning, NGS, C/C, Python, Nodejs, React, Matlab, Snakemake, Docker, SAMtools/bcftools, BWA, Linux/Unix, Git
Timeline
Founder
BlueDove
02.2024 - Current
Project Manager
H/A Studio
10.2022 - 06.2023
Freelance
Self-Employed
01.2022 - 09.2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southern California
05.2018 - 09.2020
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
08.2012 - 05.2018
System Engineer
Hanwha Thales (formerly Samsung Thales)
01.2010 - 02.2011
Master's Degree - Electrical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering
Korea University
Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas At Austin
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