William Israelsen, PhD

Education

PhD, Biology, MIT (2014)
B.A., Biology, Utah State (2008)
B.A., Economics, Utah State (2008)

Data Science Certificate

Applied Data Science Program,
MIT Professional Education (2022)

Connect

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"I enjoy using a deep understanding of underlying principles to find creative, effective, and collaborative solutions to problems."

Life Science

I am an MIT-trained PhD Biologist and my professional interests have included questions regarding oncology, metabolism, enzymology, and how mammals hibernate, with some wildlife biology and sensor/hardware development thrown in the mix. I have extensive experience designing and executing experiments, performing computational analysis, and interpreting and communicating results to drive projects forward.

Data Science

My experience in solving biological research problems helped me find a love for working with data. I bring strong quantitative and statistical skills from my background in life science and economics. I am experienced in working with Python and R, mostly from the command line, and sometimes in an HPC environment. Some examples of my hard and soft skills are highlighted on this website, which I host on AWS.