Kevin Bonham

Kevin Bonham

Senior Research Scientist

Wellesley College

Biography

Kevin Bonham is a Senior Research Scientist at Wellesley College, studying the human microbiome and its impact on childhood cognitive development. In collaboration with Curtis Huttenhower, he is also developing a computational tool to simplify the use of Gaussian Process models in the study of longitudinal microbiome data sets.

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Interests

  • Human Microbiome
  • Computational Biology
  • Gaussian Processes

Education

  • PhD in Immunology, 2014

    Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

  • BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 2006

    University of California, San Diego

Skills

Julia

for technical computing

Data science

Analysis, visualization

Software Eng

git, unit testing, CI

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist

Wellesley College

2018-01-01 – Massachusetts
Klepac-Ceraj Lab

Research Topics:

  • Human microbiome

  • Child cognitive development

  • Computational biology education

  • Diversity in STEM

  • Open source development

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

2017-05-30 – 2018-12-31 Boston
Huttenhower Lab

Research Topics:

  • Human microbiome

  • Inflammatory arthritis

  • Computational biology education

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, San Diego

2014-05-01 – 2017-06-01 San Diego
Dutton Lab

Research Topics:

  • Horizontal Gene Transfer

  • Microbial communities

  • Modeling interspecies interactions

 
 
 
 
 

Curriculum Fellow

Harvard Medical School

2014-05-01 – 2017-06-01 Boston
Masters in Immunology 2014-2016

Responsibilities:

  • Course design and instruction

  • Course: Methods in Basic and Clinical Immunology

  • Course: Understanding Immunology Research

  • Masters Program administration

  • Student Mentoring

Harvard Medical School Online Learning 2016-2017

Responsibilities:

  • Course design and instruction

  • Course: HMX Fundamentals - Biochemistry