Faith Olusegun

Computational Biologist with 2+ years of integrated wet-lab and bioinformatics research experience and 4+ years as a professional Software Engineer. Experienced in building reproducible NGS pipelines, modeling gene regulatory networks, and developing high-performance scientific software. Proven track record delivering production-scale code, open-source libraries, and clear technical communication to interdisciplinary teams.

Graduate Research Assistant — Computational Biologist at Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Department, Iowa State University (2024-01 – Present)

• Designed and executed end-to-end NGS workflows (QC, alignment, variant calling, annotation) using FastQC, BWA, STAR, GATK, SAMtools, and custom Python tooling; produced reproducible pipelines with Nextflow and SLURM.
• Performed differential expression analysis (bulk RNA-seq) with DESeq2 to identify candidate genes and enriched pathways between mutant and wild-type maize lines.
• Extracted plant RNA/DNA, designed primers, performed PCR and gel electrophoresis; quantified transcript levels of ARF28, ARF34, and PHD34 using RT-PCR and cDNA synthesis protocols.
• Developed, profiled, and parallelized large-scale Boolean network simulations to study evolutionary dynamics of gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis thaliana; measured attractor landscapes, robustness, and network modularity.
• Simulated ligand–protein interactions for LanM with rare earth metals using GROMACS; analyzed trajectories and visualized binding poses with Python and PyMOL to guide computational protein design for bio-based metal capture.

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University (2025-01 – Present)

• Instructed and supported undergraduate Calculus II and Linear Algebra courses; designed assessments and held recitation sessions to improve student outcomes.
• Created clear example-driven materials and provided individualized mentorship for students with diverse backgrounds in quantitative methods.

Software Engineer at Interswitch Group (2023-01 – 2024-12)

• Designed cross-border authentication using OAuth2/OIDC with Java 17 and Spring Boot to secure 45+ APIs for international payments.
• Built a high-throughput transaction processing engine in C++ and C#/.NET 8 supporting 5,000+ TPS and 95% uptime.

Master of Science (M.S.) in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology – Iowa State University (2026-05)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Animal Production and Health – Federal University of Technology Akure (2018-11)