Zachary A. Quinlan, PhD
Boulder,CO
Summary
Computational scientist focused on utilizing multi-omic toolkits to identify and develop active ecological and epidemiological solutions. Proven track record combining multi-omic data for marine and human modalities. Enthusiastic about collaborating with large groups to employ multiple skillsets in order to accomplish larger mission objectives.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology
12.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Postdoctoral research fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation OCE program
- Studying the impacts of ocean alkalinity enhancement on coral reef ecosystems
- Characterizing the metabolic impacts of OAE on reef calcifiers using untargeted metabolomics
- Designing and analyzing numerical models to quantify potential impacts of OAE
- Mentor of four PhD students
Carbon Dioxide Removal Project Reviewer
Stripe and Frontier Climate
10.2021 - Current
- Reviewed 3-4 proposals for Stripe climates CDR program twice per yearC
- Quantified biological and chemical risks of each proposal
- Characterized relevancy and novelty of each project for Stripe/Frontiers portfolio
Doctoral Research Fellow
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
08.2018 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: Graduate research fellow funded by the National Science Foundation GRF program
- Identified biomarkers of coral thermal stress
- Designed multi-omic analytical techniques to develop active coral restoration technologies
- Developed open-source software to assist with annotating untargeted metabolomics data
- Authored 10+ manuscripts published in multiple high impact publications
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Cell and Molecular Biology
UC San Diego And San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program
San Diego, CA01.2023
Bachelors of Science - Marine Biology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI01.2017
Skills
- Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
- Untargeted Metabolomics
- Multi-omic data processing
- Computational Chemistry
- R
- Python
- Matlab
- Computational Biology
- Statistical and Numerical Modeling
- Microbial Ecology
- Coral reef restoration
- DNA extraction
Awards and Funding
- Quantifying the Effects of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Coast Ecosystems and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, 2023
- Identification of Coral Exometabolites for Biomarkers of Stress, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2019
Publications
Fifteen published manuscripts with 5 manuscripts currently in review in high impact journals.
Three most relevant publications:
- Non-invasive identification of a putative gamma-glutamyl amino acid as a coral thermal stress biomarker. Submitted to Science Advances.
- ConCISE: Consensus Annotation Propagation of Ion Features in Untargeted Tandem Mass Spectrometry Combining Molecular Networking and In Silico Metabolite Structure Prediction. Metabolites, 2022.
- Distinguishing the molecular diversity, nutrient content, and energetic potential of exometabolomes produced by macroalgae and reef-building corals. PNAS, 2022.
Timeline
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology
12.2023 - Current
Carbon Dioxide Removal Project Reviewer
Stripe and Frontier Climate
10.2021 - Current
Doctoral Research Fellow
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
08.2018 - 05.2023
Bachelors of Science - Marine Biology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Doctor of Philosophy - Cell and Molecular Biology
UC San Diego And San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program
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