🎓 MSc in Bioinformatics (UCT) | 🧬 Bioinformatics Researcher | 🤖 Data Scientist | 💻 Software Engineer | 🧠 Curious Builder | ✝️ Faith-driven Creative
I am a driven problem-solver with a unique blend of expertise in bioinformatics, data science, and software engineering.
My work focuses on transforming complex data into practical solutions through analytics, machine learning, workflow automation, and intelligent systems. I enjoy building tools that solve real-world problems in healthcare, finance, and scientific research.
LLM-Powered Genomic Pipeline Support Assistant
A local AI assistant built using LangChain, Ollama, Llama 3.1, FAISS, and Streamlit to help researchers troubleshoot genomic variant-calling pipelines.
Highlights:
- NLP and Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Pipeline log analysis
- Context-aware troubleshooting
- Privacy-preserving local deployment
A personal finance web application that helps users:
- Track expenses
- Create budgets
- Analyse spending patterns
- Visualise financial habits
Built using modern web technologies with a focus on user experience and data-driven decision-making.
A set of Singularity-based tools to streamline and automate bioinformatics pipelines, making reproducible science simpler.
Compared interpretable machine learning approaches, including tree-based methods and neural networks on finance and insurance datasets, with a focus on model performance and interpretability.
Programming
- Python
- SQL
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- TypeScript
- Java
- C
Data Science & AI
- Machine Learning
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Visualisation
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Prompt Engineering
Frameworks & Tools
- LangChain
- Streamlit
- Flask
- Node.js
- Express
- SQLAlchemy
Databases
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- FAISS
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Linux
- Git
- GitHub Actions
- Docker
- Google Cloud
- Azure
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
Scientific Computing
- Bioinformatics
- Nextflow
- Workflow Automation
- Genomic Data Analysis
🌱 Currently Exploring
- AI Engineering
- Agentic AI Systems
- Advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- LLM Evaluation and Optimization
- Applied Machine Learning
- Web development (Frontend)
- 📫 Email: [marhwayiza325@gmail.com]
- 💬 “Code with purpose. Build with grace.”
⭐️ Thanks for visiting! Feel free to check out my repositories and connect.