Kyle Benzle Data Scientist / Full-Stack Geneticist /KyleBenzle @KyleBenzle I am a trained plant biologist and data scientist with over six year of experience and a Master of Science from Ohio State. I have a background in computer science and as a full-stack developer am able to create everything from stand alone analyses to custom interactive web applications for data exploration. In addition I have a broad knowledge of data science, statistics, genetics and plant breeding. Columbus, Ohio (614) 505-9532 KyleBenzle.com Benzle.2@osu.edu KyleBenzle.Medium.com Technical Expertise Programming languages: R, Python, Shell Script, JavaScript Libraries/Frameworks: NumPy, Pandas, Shiny Data Management & Analytics: MySQL, MongoDB, AWS Web Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, XML, PHP, Bootstrap Developer Tools: VS Code, PyCharm, Jupyter, Eclipse, Git, Sublime Domain Knowledge: Data collection and analysis, Higher education, Cryptocurrency/blockchain Education 2020 - NYC Data Science Academy, NY, New York NYC Data Science Academy trains data scientists and connects student to industry. NYC DSA is licensed by New York State Education Department. 2019 - The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH Ph.D. Candidate Plant Breeding and Genetics Thesis: Plant expression of a deinhibited Rubisco 2015 - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH MS Plant Breeding and Genetics Thesis: Isolation of Novel Agrobacterium and Transient Expression Assays in Soybean and Sunflower 2012 - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH BS Crop Science major, Computer Science minor, cum laude 2008 - Excelsior College, Albany, NY BS Liberal Studies 2006 - US Navy Sonar Technician First Class, San Diego, CA Experience 2020 – ShinyCoin - A Cryptocurrency Denomination Calculator in R – Bit.ly/ShinyCoin A portfolio tracking and analysis app built in R and Shiny to help users identify optimal buy and sell signals for their cryptocurrencies of choice. 2020 – GoodReads Web Scrapper – Github.com/KyleBenzle/Good-Reads-Scraper Starting with a list of books or search terms a web scrapper built in Python with Selenium to populate an SQL database with all data about a given title from GoodReads.com 2019 – Research Associate - Dr. Katrina Cornish, OSU - Natural Rubber Laboratory As a PhD candidate responsibilities included managing a plant transformation laboratory and green house growing multiple transgenic and conventional crop species. Experienced in advanced plant breeding, wet laboratory techniques involved in producing and testing transgenic species. Completed multiple projects utilizing bioinformatics and statistics programming languages R and Python as well as database management. 2016-2019 – Undergraduate Lecturer - Ohio State University, Agricultural Technical Institute Lecturer for OSU 2150 Horticultural Program for three years. Course preparation included designing and setting up labs and producing revised lecture material and exams for this undergraduate course. 2015-2016 – Genetic Database Management - Dr. Clay Sneller Laboratory, OSU – Wheat Laboratory Genomic selection project, responsible for managing phylogenic data collected from a series of trials to be used by the Sneller Lab and collaborators. Data was collected from trail participants around the country on a range of traits and varieties used to build statistical models correlating marker data. 2011-2014 – Research Associate - OSU - Plant Genetics Research associateship, isolated novel Agrobacterium spp. and conducted morphological, biochemical and molecular evaluation for use in improved gene introductions in soybean. Optimized plant transformation and tissue culture techniques and worked with phenotyping, phylogenetic and data analyses, sequence assembly, SNP calling and differentially expressed genes in disease resistant tomato accessions using rtPCR data. 2004-2008 – United States Navy - Sonar Technician Enlisted, sonar specific computer systems both at sea and ashore as part of a nuclear submarine surveillance team focused on non-US vessels. Collaborated with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force stationed outside of Tokyo, Japan on a US naval base. Publications Benzle K, Finer K, Marty D, McHale L, Goodner B, Taylor C, Finer J (2014). Isolation and characterization of novel Agrobacterium strains for soybean and sunflower transformation. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture Benzle K, Cornish K (2017). Improved axenic hydroponics supports rapid production of roots for use as transformation target tissue. BioMed Central, BMC Plant Methods
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