Texas Biomed Staff

Charles Peterson

Senior Systems Analyst | Genetics
Phone: 210-258-9805
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Summary

Senior Systems Analyst, Texas Biomed 1995-present; software architect and lead SOLAR programmer; developer of parallel programming methods for GCC Ranch.

Senior Software Design Engineer, Computervision 1983-1991; principal core system developer and object programming language designer.

Computer Systems Programmer, GS-11, FCTPAC 1980-1983; developed L-TRAN graphical lesson simulator and programming language compiler.

Research assistant, Pomona College, 1974-1978. Developed software to support cognitive research laboratory.

30 years experience designing software systems and computer languages in education, engineering, and scientific research.

Education

Bachelor's Degree BA Psychology

Pomona College Claremont, CA, USA

Research Focus

Figuring out how things work and how to maxlmlze human achievement have always been key interests, and I have been able to explore these through a career in computer programming for education, engineering and science. In college I obtained a background in sciences including chemistry, biology, and genetics, but ultimately chose to major in
psychology where I was able to do independent research in auditory perception using computerized generation of complex stimuli. Since then I have worked primarily in research designing computer programs to embody the concepts of engineers and scientists to allow transparent and open ended investigations.

Publications

Genome-wide discovery of maternal effect variants.

Kent JW Jr, Peterson CP, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Blangero J.
BMC Proc. 3 (S7): S19, 2009
PubMed ID: 20018008

Quantitative trait nucleotide analysis using bayesian model selection. 2005.

Blangero J, Göring HH, Kent JW, Williams JT, Peterson CP, Almasy L, Dyer TD.
Hum Biol. 81 (5-6): 829-47, 2009
PubMed ID: 20504200