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Joshua Kangas

Associate Teaching Professor

Computational Biology

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  • Associate Teaching Professor
    Computational Biology
  • Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Automated Science Education Topical Interest Group
    1 Jan 2025
    Co-chair
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Knowledge Content and Delivery Committee
    1 Jan 2024
    Chair
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Annual SCS M.S. Program Review Committee
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    CASE Organizing Committee
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Member
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CloudLab Governance Committee
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CloudLab User Advisory Group
    1 Jan 2023
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CPCB Steering Committee
    1 Jan 2023
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Europe - Data Science Symposium Organizing Committee
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Europe Data Science Symposium - "The Influence of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence"
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Chair
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    1 Jan 2023
    Novartis Innovation Summit, Carnegie Mellon University
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Teaching Innovation Awards Selection Committee
    1 Jan 2023
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    1 Jan 2022
    Rustbelt Microbiome Conference
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    R. K. Mellon Hall of Sciences Design Committee
    1 Jan 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Teaching Assistant Awards Selection Committee
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    America's Scientific Programming Committee
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
    Member
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CloudLab Training Design Committee
    1 Jan 2021
  • OFFICE HELD
    Automation Lab Director
    1 Jan 2020
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Carnegie Mellon University
    1 Jan 2020
    • Solicited proposals from external corporate sponsors for projects • Managed student assignments for capstone projects based on student preference and project needs • Provided faculty advising for the following project sponsors and student teams: Lawrence-Livermore National Labs, 2025. Development of protocols for a 6 axis arm to be used to improve the efficiency of laboratory automation. Generate Biomedicine, 2024-25. Development of equipment and software for error detection on an EL406 plate washer and filler. Opentrons, 2024 Development of lesson plans for high school students using Opentrons OT-2 liquid handling robot. Tetrascience, 2024 HPLC parameter optimization using the Emerald Cloud Lab for detecting pharmaceutical degradation ThermoFisher Scientific, 2020-2023 Automated high content screening using CellPainting to detect drug effects on subcellular patterns Emerald Cloud Lab, 2022-2023 Active learning driven model building for predicting the results of PCR reactions for the rapid training of new CloudLab users. Gingko Bioworks, 2022 Image-based quality control for Echo liquid handler dispensing magnetic beads for sequencing library preparation. Asimov, 2020-21 Automated library prep for sequencing of plasmids using HackFlex protocols.
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Helomics
    1 Jan 2020
    Consultant
  • OFFICE HELD
    Assistant Director, M.S. Automated Science
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
  • OFFICE HELD
    Co-Director, PreCollege Program in Computational Biology
    1 Jan 2019
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Pre-College Administrative Assistant Search Committee
    1 Jan 2019
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Workshop
    1 Jan 2017
    Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing Think Tank, Ranco, Italy.
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Workshop
    1 Jan 2017
    Automated Chemical Synthesis Workshop, NCATS, Bethesda, MD.
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Exhibition
    1 Jan 2015
    Innovation Avenue, Society for Lab Automation and Screening.