Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
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Let's make an impact together.
Let's make an impact together.
I'm always pursuing opportunities for new collaborations, projects, and ideas. Please let me know if you have questions about my educational or professional background, experiences, or passions.
See my full bibliography on Google Scholar.
I believe in open-source, reproducible science. Analysis scripts for all of my projects are versioned on Github.
CV_VanSyoc_Sept2024.pdfEducation
Education
2019-2023
Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. Integrative and Biomedical Physiology & Clinical and Translational Sciences
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2016-2019
University of Wyoming
M.S. Soil Science
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2012-2016
California Polytechnic State University
B.S. Animal Science, minor Sustainable Agriculture
Relevant Work
Relevant Work
2023-current
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Investigated host genetic and evolutionary drivers of the human gut mycobiome using GWAS, PheWAS, and phylogenetics.
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2019-2023
Graduate Research Assistant/Predoctoral Fellow
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Combined computational and experimental methods to investigate how pharmaceutical drugs and probiotics alter gut microbes in metabolic disease and Type 2 diabetes. Mentored three graduate students in bioinformatics, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
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2022
Internship in Clinical & Translational Science
Penn State College of Medicine & Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
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2019
Data Science Intern
WEST Ecological Services
Laramie, WY
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2016-2019
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Conducted field grazing experiment to determine how grazing intensities caused an immediate flux in soil microbial communities. Provided teaching support for six semesters in undergraduate and graduate courses spanning soil science, microbiology, biology, and microbiome sciences.
Technical Skills
Technical Skills
Languages and tools: R (local and HPC environments), Unix, Git, SLURM and Torque
Genomic analyses: GWAS (PLINK, GEMMA), PheWAS, chip heritability (GCTA), two-sample Mendelian Randomization
Human subjects research: REDCap, electronic health records extraction with PowerChart, IRB preparation, participant screening and enrollment
Bioinformatics for sequencing data: automated SRA retrieval (sratools, fastq-dump), quality control (Trimmomatic, cutadapt, fastqc), ASV/OTU (dada2, VSEARCH, QIIME), metagenome assembly (metaSpades), taxonomic assignment (kraken2, Metaphlan, HumanN3, sintax)
Statistical analysis of compositional sequencing data: ANOSIM, PERMANOVA, microViz, fido, vegan
Phylogenetics: tree visualization (FigTree, ggtree, phylopic), topological congruency (TreeCMP), multiple sequence alignment (Muscle, clipkit), model of evolution evaluation (jmodelTest), tree construction (ape, phytools)
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