MY_SKILLS

I studied Environmental Biology (specialising in aquatic ecology) and Computational Methods of Physics (learning how to model physical processes using computers). Since then I have worked in scientific research improving my skills with each project.

For more detailed info on projects I did, see the tab RESEARCH. To learn where I gained these skills, see the tab BIO.

THINGS I DID

Python : I coded various scrips combing through the directory tree in search of text files containing specific data (e.g. simulation results with particular parameters). The scripts segregate, compute, do statistics and plot the data • A lot of text data parsers • Scripts for automated computing on HPC clusters.

C++ : I wrote from scratch two agent-based simulations and extended one already existing . They were all designated for launching on cluster computers. • Code mostly rely on STL objects (vectors, sets, etc.) and some of Boosts routines • I used OpenMP for palatalisation of computations (I aimed at course parallelisation).

Wet lab (biology) : Designed and performed experiments with small animals (zooplankton, fish) • Had some experience with laboratory methods of molecular biology.

CODING & COMPUTER

Python	Coding for data analysis and data visualisation: Numpy, Pandas, Scipy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, a bit of Peewee, analysis of voluminous data (that cannot fit in RAM in one chunk)
C++	Intermediate coder using C++ for building custom (and resonantly fast) simulation of complicated biological processes, big fan of the Standard Template Library and Open MP
Linux	Power user: scripting in Bash and a bit in AWK, good understanding of the system’s backbone, no GUI required, using Linux since 2004
Version control	Using git for version tracking and code sharing
HPC	Running computations on remote high power cluster computers, automation of large volumes of computations that can run for days without supervision
MATLAB	Limited experience in the past, later switched to Python (Matlab’s license is a bit pricey)
Big Data	Studying Processing and Analysis of Big Data

MATHS & STATS

Basic math	Three years of undergrad studies at a physics faculty: formal logic, calculus, probability theory, fuzzy set theory and things like that
Optimisation	Fitting models, selecting parameters
Stats	ANOVA and linear models, bootstrapping, solid foundation in understanding mathematics behind statistics
ML / AI	Soon… learning it

SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Ecology	Graduated in Environmental Biology doing experimental aquatic ecology at the Department of Hydrobiology, University of Warsaw, I worked on the ecophysiology of plankton and fish
Evolution	I studied evolution of bacterial genomes, later non-coding RNA and later major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes
Modelling biology	Agent-based modelling is my research speciality since few years, I do custom simulations of problems too complex to use more traditional mathematics
Scientific writing	Published author of research articles in English and Polish, completed number of courses dedicated to scientific writing, author of pop-science pieces in Polish

SOFT SKILLS