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Nathanael David Olson (Fed)
Bioinformatician
Dr. Nathan Olson joined the NIST-Genome In A Bottle (GIAB) team as a bioinformatician in 2018. He contributes to the development of small and structural variant benchmarks sets and reference material characterization. His work focuses on data management helping to ensure GIAB data are publicly available according to FAIR principles. Additionally, he leads the development of bioinformatic pipelines and work processes, improving the computational reproducibility and transparency of the GIAB benchmark set development process. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nathan performed the RNA and DNA sequence analysis for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Research Grade Test Material (RGTM 10169). Currently, Nathan is an associate editor for Frontiers in Genomics.
PROJECTS
Active
Past Projects
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship: 2-year fellowship at NIST, US citizens only, ~$72,000 salary plus benefits, relocation expenses included, application deadlines are Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, requires 10-page research proposal, contact me if interested in writing a proposal on a bioinformatics genomics research project. We have opportunities posted for metrology in Cancer Genomics, Diploid Assembly, Epigenomics and Transcriptomics, Biological Data Science/Machine Learning, and Precision Medicine.
For additional job opportunities in genome bioinformatics, including for non-US citizens, contact me at my email address in the panel to the right.
PUBLICATIONS
ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2585-3037
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r7JrjGUAAAAJ
Loop profile - https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/200612/overview
Awards
Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award (2022)
Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award (2021)
Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award (2020)
Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award (2020)
Young Investigators in Analytical and Bioanalytical Science, Analytical and Bioanalytical Science (2016)
University of Maryland College Park University and Dean’s Fellowship (2015)
Accolade for Science Data Management and Capabilities, NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (2015)
University of Hawai‘i Hilo Volcan Outstanding Scholar Award. (2008)
Undergraduate Research Fellow, American Society of Microbiology (2007)