Irene H. Zhang
Microbial ecologist and bioinformatician | Scientist at 1849 Bio | PhD from MIT
- Role
- Scientist at 1849 Bio
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Irene H. Zhang
Microbial ecologist and bioinformatician with a passion for tool building to solve pressing environmental and ecological issues. Experienced in sequencing technologies and analysis, microbial cultivation, molecular assays, and microfluidics. Skilled in developing, implementing, and managing data workflows with R, bash, Python, and MATLAB.
Experience
Scientist
Apr 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
I lead the isolation, cultivation, and phenotypic characterization of novel microbes from environmental samples to improve mineral extraction and stress tolerance in biomining. I also spearhead bioinformatics analysis of genomes and metabolic pathways using metagenomics, amplicon, and whole genome hybrid sequencing.
Education
University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree, Biological Sciences, Visual Arts
2012 — 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology, General
Bergen County Academies
High School Diploma
2008 — 2012
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