Stephen Hwang

Stephen Hwang is a skilled bioinformatics professional with a solid background in biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics, holding both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently serving as a Bioinformatics Intern at Tenaya Therapeutics, Stephen analyzes RNA-seq samples and implements workflows using R and BASH scripting. Experience includes co-captaining the UCSC iGEM Team, contributing to the Bernick Lab as an undergraduate researcher, and developing a machine learning bioinformatics pipeline in the Jae Hoon Sul Lab at UCLA. Notable achievements include receiving the Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology Award, the Top Presentation Award at Bruins in Genomics Symposium, and winning the COVID-19 Modeling Hackathon. Stephen has also held teaching assistant and tutoring roles, enhancing peer understanding of bioinformatics programming.