Andre Masella, B.A.Sc, M.Sc. Computer Engineering and Integrative Biology • andre@masella.no-ip.org • http://masella.no-ip.org 14 Drury Lane • Etobicoke, Ontario • M9P 1P7 • (647) 918-2225 • (647) 723-5423 Skills • Excellent communication skills, written and oral, and strong interpersonal skills • Enjoy making presentations and public speaking (for example, a presentation at the 2007 MIT iGEM conference) • Can clearly convey ideas and skills to others • Familiar with basic molecular biology laboratory techniques, including cloning Technical Skills Operating Systems Linux (10 years experience), BSD, Solaris, HP/UX, Microsoft Windows and MacOS Network Hardware Ethernet, Fibre-Channel, and Wi-Fi Network Protocols Internet (IPv4 and IPv6), File Sharing (SMB, AppleShare and NFS) and Clustered File Systems (OCFS2 and GFS) Servers Apache and Tomcat servers, sendmail and POSTFIX mail servers, OpenLDAP server, BIND DNS server and various other UNIX services Compiled Languages Assembler (x86, SPARC, and 68k), C, C++, C#/Mono, Java and Vala Scripting Languages Perl, Scheme, Haskell, Standard ML, Shell Script (AWK, BASH, and SEd), SQL (MS-SQL, mySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL), TCL, and Web Script (ASP, JSP, JavaScript, and PHP) Document Languages GNU roff, HTML with CSS, L TEX, PostScript, SVG, XML, XSL-FO, and XSLT A Development Tools Apache ANT, Antlr, Bison, Flex, GNU AutoTools, and GNU make Acquainted with LISP, Objective C, VHDL, and Python Desktop Software Various office suites, the GIMP, Inkscape, and various web browsers Bioinformatics BLAST (including Ψ-BLAST and PSSM), multiple sequence alignments, tree creation, metagenome analysis (RDP and QIIME), Illumina pipeline, and synthetic biology Work Experience Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo January 2011 - Present • Bioinformatics analysis of metagenomic samples, including the Canadian MetaMicrobiome Library, using QIIME • Systems administration of lab workstations and servers • Application development for metagenomic data storage and interchange Programmer at SimBioSys, Inc. May 2008 - August 2008 1 Andre Masella, B.A.Sc, M.Sc. andre@masella.no-ip.org (647) 918-2225 • (647) 723-5423 • Assisted in development of protein-ligand docking software Programmer/Analyst at Mount Sinai Hospital September - December 2006 • Wrote applications for internal use and administrated two Linux servers • Received a grade of “Outstanding” Linux System Administrator at Environment Canada May - August 2005 & January - May 2006 • Administered and installed Linux servers to support Canadian national meteorological archive • Assisted in management of storage area network and clustered file systems Java Developer at White Clark North America September - December 2004 Programmer/Analyst at Norbord Industries April - August 2003 & January - April 2004 Invitations Workshop Coordinator, Metagenomics Workshop, Ontario Genomics Insitute November 2011 Panelist for public forum at University of Waterloo June 2010 Poster Presentation, Canadian Society of Microbiologists June 2010 Poster Presentation, Ontario Genomics Institute October 2009 Publications Sauder, Engel, Stearns, Masella, Pawliszyn, Neufeld. Aquarium nitrification revisited: Thaumarchaeota are the dominant ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquarium biofilters. PLoS One. 2011. Education Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario January 2009 - December 2010 • Completed Master of Science in the Integrative Biology programme • Working under Dr. Moreno-Hagelsieb in the area of prokaryotic genomic context analysis University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario September 2002 - April 2008 • Bachelor of Applied Science • Enrolled in the Computer Engineering programme and Biology Minor Ontario Science Centre School, Don Mills, Ontario September 2001 - January 2002 • Completed OAC Calculus, Chemistry and Science in Society • Performed demonstrations and visitor hosting Bishop Allen Academy, Etobicoke, Ontario September 1998 - June 2001 & February 2002 - June 2002 • Completed Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Scholar • Tied for 16th in University of Toronto National Biology Competition and awarded $5 000 scholarship 2 Andre Masella, B.A.Sc, M.Sc. andre@masella.no-ip.org (647) 918-2225 • (647) 723-5423 Volunteer Experience Design Team Leader for iGEM Team, University of Waterloo April 2007 - December 2010 • Designed a 1-bit adder and worked on wet-lab construction for iGEM synthetic biology competition Yearbook Editor for Ontario Science Centre December 2001 - February 2002 “In the Driver’s Seat” Co-Head at Bishop Allen Academy September 2000 - June 2002 • Organised three Mocktails (Non-alcoholic cocktails) events, kept all accounting records, managed funds and participated in organisation of club and co-edited end of year visual record 3 Andre Masella, B.A.Sc, M.Sc. Computer Engineering and Integrative Biology • andre@masella.no-ip.org • http://masella.no-ip.org 14 Drury Lane • Etobicoke, Ontario • M9P 1P7 • (647) 918-2225 • (647) 723-5423 References Dr. Josh D. Neufeld, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario jneufeld@uwaterloo.ca • (519) 888-4567 x38344 Joe Megyes, System Administrator, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario joe.megyes@ec.gc.ca • (416) 739-4411 Paul Barton, Intranet Administrator, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario pbarton@mtsinai.on.ca • (416) 586-4800×2637 4