Feresa Cabrera

Ph.D., Plant Molecular Biology

I'm a computational evolutionary biologist with more than 7 years of experience in molecular biological research. As I approach the completion of my PhD in Plant Molecular Biology in 2024, I am initiating my search for a Scientist position in the Biotech and Tech space.


Interests: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, AI/ML, Evolution


Projects

Vacay 2015

A responsive web application for travel planning that my team developed in ICS 415.

Javascript Meteor MongoDB GitHub

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Micromouse 2015

My team developed a robotic mouse that won first place in the 2015 UH Micromouse competition.

Robotics Arduino C++

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Cotton 2014

A text adventure game that I developed for ICS 313.

Lisp GitHub

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Essays

Unveiling mesophotic diversity in Hawai‘i: two new species in the genera Halopeltis and Leptofauchea (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta)

15 Dec 2022

Cool two new species discoveries in the Order Rhoymeniales that I helped described through a lot of microscopy and comparative morphological work!

taxonomy morphology phylognetics

Smart Questions, Good Answers

08 Sep 2015

Is there such thing as a stupid question? I’ve had instructors address a whole class and say, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” I now know that is in fact not true because I’ve challenged the statement and...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

Igniting the fire

26 Aug 2015

Ever since I first grasped a paintbrush, I’ve always been eager to learn about design. Design is such a complex concept. For example, when looking at abstract art, its meaning can be completely different for different people. It motivates a...

Software Engineering Learning