Andy Yu

andyyu824.github.io

andyyu@hawaii.edu

andyyu824

andyyu

Honolulu, Hawaii USA

Interests

Data analytics , Software engineering , Biology

Skills

Languages and Frameworks: JavaScript (ES6, Meteor, React, lodash/underscore), Java, Python, SQL

Toolsets/OS: Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu

Education

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

B.S., Computer Science (expected Spring, 2023)

2019 - 2023

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

B.S., Molecular and Cell Biology

2014 - 2018

Work

Computer Support, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Education

Primary duties include troubleshooting solutions and providing technological support for faculty and students of the College of Education

  • Maintain computers and equipment as well as manage inventory
  • Provide in-person and online tech support

2019 - Present

Student Assistant, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center on the Family

Primary duties included data entry and data basing in addition to clerical work and general office duties.

2014 - 2016

Publications

Molecular evidence for an intrinsic circadian pacemaker in the cardiac ganglion of the American lobster, Homarus americanus - Is diel cycling of heartbeat frequency controlled by a peripheral clock system?, Christie AE, Yu A, Roncalli V, Pascual MG, Cieslak MC, Warner AN, Lameyer TJ, Stanhope ME, Dickinson PS, Joe Hull J, Marine Genomics, 2018

Circadian signaling in Homarus americanus: Region-specific de novo assembled transcriptomes show that both the brain and eyestalk ganglia possess the molecular components of a putative clock system, Christie AE, Yu A, Pascual MG, Roncalli V, Cieslak MC, Warner AN, Lameyer TJ, Stanhope ME, Dickinson PS, Joe Hull J, Marine Genomics, 2018

Peptidergic signaling in the tadpole shrimp Triops newberryi: A potential model for investigating the roles played by peptide paracrines/hormones in adaptation to environmental change, Christie AE, Pascual MG, Yu A, Marine Genomics, 2018

Prediction of a neuropeptidome for the eyestalk ganglia of the lobster Homarus americanus using a tissue-specific de novo assembled transcriptome, Christie AE, Roncalli V, Cieslak MC, Pascual MG, Yu A, Lameyer TJ, Stanhope ME, Dickinson PS, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2017

Awards

Phi Beta Kappa Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 2018-Present

Current member of the prestigious national honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, in recognition of academic achievement.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Funding Recipient, University of Hawaii Undergraduate Research Opportunities, 2016

Granted stipend funding by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to perform undergraduate research.

ASUH Mānoa Research Award Recipient, University of Hawaii ASUH, 2016

Granted the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Research Award to attend 2017 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Conference to present research findings.

University of Hawaii at Mānoa Department of Microbiology Merit Scholarship, University of Hawaii, 2016

Recipient of scholarship recognizing top student academic performance within the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Department of Microbiology.

References

Available upon request