JAMES WOODWARD WEIS

JAMES WOODWARD WEIS EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., Computational and Systems Biology - Department of Defense NDSEG Fellow Brown University Sc.B., Computational Biology, Computer Science - Highest Latin and Departmental Honors - Honors Thesis: "Computational Genomics and Biofuels: Modeling and Clustering of RNA-Seq Data" - Computer Science GPA: 4.0/4.0; Overall GPA: 3.9/4.0; SAT: 2330/2400 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Cambridge, Massachusetts Providence, Rhode Island 2012 Citigroup Quantitative Trading, Research, and Analysis New York, New York Quantitative Research and Tading Analyst Jun 2012 - Aug 2013 - Published original research using probabilistic and macreconomic models to analyze derivative markets - First analyst in group history to first-author a distributed research article Amyris Biotechnologies Emeryville, California Scientific Computing Intern May 2011 - Aug 2011 - Built a specification language and automated pipeline for robotic engineering of synthetic biology circuits - Developed bioinfonnatics software to extract genomic information and validated dry-lab work in wet-lab International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) Brown / MIT Team Member Jan 2009 - May 2012 - Designed and deterministically model a light-controlled, quad-stable genetic switch in E. coil - Engineered a modular mechanism for protein delivery using HIV Tat-PTD Agua Sustentable La Paz, Bolivia Sustainable Engineering May 2009 - Aug 2009 - Engineered a novel groundwater level sensor, producible for 4% the cost of previously available models Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Marine Research Sep 2007 — Dec 2007 - Implemented a buoy-based ultrasonic system to track underwater lobster movements via trilateration TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Departmental Undergraduate Group in Computational Biology Founder, President Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP) Math and English Lecturer, Web Designer The English Centre Suppliers Sailing Instructor AWARDS AND HONORS Brown University Oct 2010 - May 2012 Trujillo, Peru Mar 2008 - Jun 2008 Malaga, Spain July 2008 - Nov 2008 - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Felloship - Stanford Computer Science Graduate Fellowship [Declined' - Honors in Computational Biology, Brown University - Author, Biohacking, Triple Helix Journal of Science and Society - Recipient, Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Research Award OTHER INTERESTS 2013 2013 2012 2011 2010 - Languages: Arabic (Basic), Portuguese (Intermediate), Spanish (Advanced), English (Native) - Interests: SCUBA Diving (10 years PADI certified), Motorcycling (recently crossed the Peruvian Andes), Coral Reef Aquariums, Salsa Dancing, Functional Programming, Thai Boxing, Moral Philosophy EFTA00610320