Software Development & Optimization — make_lastz_chains
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Third-largest contributor, by commits, to the Hiller Lab's pipeline for whole-genome alignment chains. Authored the nf-core DSL2 refactor merged upstream in May 2026, which rebuilt the pipeline as modular Nextflow workflows. Other merged changes added Nextflow job arrays and run reports, fixed alignment of genomes larger than 4 GB, and capped task retries. Also helps users debug runs in the issue tracker.