BIOINFORMATICS
Bioinformatics focuses on the ability to manage and analyze very large datasets. I handle the entire workflow, from the first steps in the molecular lab to whole genome sequencing, followed by genome assembly and analysis.
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY
Modern systematics is a combination of phylogenetic (or genomic) analysis plus biodiversity. I have extensive experience in the molecular laboratory as well as with biological collections cataloguing diversity.
TAXONOMY
Evolution is a very diverse process and each lineage of organisms presents unique challenges and considerations to discovering and cataloging its diversity. I have experience with a a variety of organisms, including plants, arthropods and unicellular eukaryotes (protists).
Hello! I'm Hunter.
I'm a PhD student in Bioinformatics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an ORISE Research Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control.
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My current research focuses on the genomic evolution of the enteric parasites Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
HUNTER SEABOLT
Systematic Biologist
ORISE Research Fellow
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Email:
Address:
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30329
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Date of Birth:
November 9, 1991
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EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
Doctoral work will focus on the development of bioinformatics tools and analyses of genomic evolution of waterborne parasitic disease agents Cryptosporidium and Giardia in a collaborative project between the CDC's Waterborne Molecular Epidemiology lab and the Enve-omics lab at GA Tech.
2017 - Present
PhD - Bioinformatics
2014-2016
MS - Systematic Biology
Georgia Southern University
My Master's research involved phylogenetic and biogeographic characterization of the hard-tick genus Amblyomma. This work mainly involved sequencing several genetic loci to analyze both the evolutionary relationships among tick species and to reconstruct dispersal and vicariance hypotheses.
Armstrong State University
I completed my Bachelor's degree in Biology, with a special research focus on molecular lab techniques and taxonomy. I worked as a research assistant on molecular systematics of the Neotropical fern genus Adiantopsis.
2009-2013
BS - Biology
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetic Analyses
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
EXPERTISE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
My research focuses on molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia parasitic infections in humans and animal hosts. Additionally, I am involved in the development of new molecular tools for outbreak investigation, source tracking, and genomic evolution.
2016-present
ORISE Research Fellow
2014-2016
Research Assistant
Georgia Southern University
I worked as a research assistant in the Molecular Systematics lab associated with the Smithsonian's US National Tick Collection, housed at Georgia Southern University. This work focused on characterization of phylogenetic and biogeographic patterns within the tick genus Amblyomma.
Armstrong State University
I worked as a research assistant on the molecular systematics of the Neotropical fern genus Adiantopsis. This work focused heavily on molecular lab techniques and taxonomic principles.
2009-2013
Research Assistant