Doug Hershberger
Senior Scientist, Computational Biology @Archer Daniels Midland Company
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Scientist, Computational Biology @Archer Daniels Midland Company
Peoria, IL, US
EDUCATION
Cornell University
BS, Microbiology (Ag and Life Sciences)
University of Illinois College of Medicine
PhD, Microbiology
SKILLS
ABOUT DOUG HERSHBERGER
Computational/Synthetic Biology LeaderBusiness Development:Customer relations - Public Outreach - Presentations to Potential Clients and InvestorsSystems Biology:Metabolic Pathways - Flux Modeling - Genomics Software Development:High Throughput Automation - Data Collection and Analysis Systems - Synthetic Biology SoftwareStrain/Protein Evolution:Library Design – HT Data Analysis - LIMSData Driven Analysis:Scripting - Annotation Pipelines - Advanced VisualizationCommunications:Compelling Speaker - Thoughtful Listener - Clear, Intuitive PowerPointsManagement:Departments - Projects - People* Solid grounding in biology and bench work * Data driven approach to strain and protein evolution* An agile approach to rapid software prototyping and application delivery* 14 years of experience applying systems biology to strain improvement* 18 years of experience developing bioinformatics software* 10 years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams of scientists and programmersAccomplishments-Pitched to investors and collaborators. Managed long term relationships with clients. Prepared project plans and budgets for proposals to clients- Improved protein and biofuel strains as much as 5 fold, designing mutant libraries- Filed 2 patent applications, numerous invention disclosures and over 30 peer reviewed public and proprietary research reports- Directed and aided construction of robust user friendly bioinformatics platforms enabling strain development and evolution at four biotech firmsAccolades- “excellent leadership qualities”- “a huge asset. highly recommended”- “quality deliverables that target real needs and have proven robust and valuable”- “instrumental in building the informatics capabilities in the emerging fields of genomics and systems biology from the ground up”-\"hard working, committed and showed great creativity in problem solving\"- “above all, Doug is a great person to work with”Specialties: synthetic biology, strain engineering, strain improvement, evolution, metabolic flux modeling, metabolic pathway analysis, systems biology, microarray analysis, project management, software development, computer programming, teaching, training, bioinformatics analysis, patent analysis, management of outsourcing projects, data mining, programming in PERL | BIOPERL | VB | ASP | Java | JavaScript | C/#/++| SQL | R | BioConductor |.NET
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