Overview
Work History
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Raymond Zhao

Melbourne,Australia

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Bioinformatics Training Associate

Melbourne Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne
Melbourne , Victoria
03.2025 - Current
  • Co-facilitating bioinformatics workshops for students and researchers.
  • Designing and leading bioinformatics workshops based on current research.
  • Translating complex bioinformatics concepts into accessible content for diverse audiences.

Multi-Omics Solutions Intern

Illumina
Melbourne , Victoria
03.2025 - 06.2025
  • Researched and summarized Illumina’s multi-omic product portfolio, including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, and proteomics solutions.
  • Conducted market research on industry trends, competitor offerings, and customer needs to support product positioning and strategy.
  • Assisted in the analysis and interpretation of customer feedback and industry data to identify product improvements and inform marketing strategies.
  • Developed and delivered presentations to internal stakeholders, effectively communicating complex technical information in a clear and accessible manner.

Event Casual

University of Melbourne Student Union
Melbourne
12.2021 - 12.2022
  • Collaborated and communicated with team of 3 other students to help assist running of college events such as summer and winter orientations etc.

Air Defence Weapons Operator

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
Singapore
03.2018 - 12.2019
  • Conducted trouble shootings and specialised in electro-optical device to track aircrafts
  • Completed outfield missions with squadron members during National Service as a air defence weapons operator
  • Supervised work of contracted employees on system maintenance to keep on task for timely completion

Education

Master of Science - Bioinformatics

The University of Melbourne
Melbourne
12-2025

Bachelor of Science - Data Science

The University of Melbourne
Melbourne
12.2023

GCE A-Level -

National Junior College
Singapore
12.2017

GCE O-Level -

Gan Eng Seng School
Singapore
12.2015

Skills

  • Python
  • C
  • R
  • SQL
  • Statistical analysis
  • Bioinformatics analysis

Project Experiences

Real Estate Consulting Project (07/2023 to 11/2023)

  • Predicting rental prices in Victoria as part of a generic real estate consulting firm. This is a project focusing on web scraping, regex, geospatial analysis, heuristics, APIs, and clustering.
  • Led the design and development of Machine Learning (ML) pipelines using PySpark for processing large geospatial datasets in a distributed environment, optimizing for efficiency and scalability.
  • Developed and implemented various ML models to predict future rental prices in Victoria; conducted an in-depth analysis to identify the most livable and affordable regions, providing key insights for real estate investment.
  • https://github.com/MAST30034-Applied-Data-Science/realestate-industry-project-open-source-industry-project-56.git

Certification

  • Certificate of service in the Singapore Armed Forces
  • Grade 8 Trinity Music Exams in piano

Hobbies and Interests

  • Coffee
  • Piano
  • Esports
  • Hiking

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Bioinformatics Training Associate

Melbourne Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne
03.2025 - Current

Multi-Omics Solutions Intern

Illumina
03.2025 - 06.2025

Event Casual

University of Melbourne Student Union
12.2021 - 12.2022

Air Defence Weapons Operator

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
03.2018 - 12.2019

Master of Science - Bioinformatics

The University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science - Data Science

The University of Melbourne

GCE A-Level -

National Junior College

GCE O-Level -

Gan Eng Seng School
Raymond Zhao