Education

Degree	Minor	University	Year
Ph.D in Molecular Biology (Genomics)	Statistics	Mississippi State University	2016
M.S. in Plant Pathology (Nematology)		Mississippi State University	2012
Certificate in Computational Biology		Mississippi State University	2010
B.S. in Molecular Biology	Chemistry	Murray State University	2008
B.S. in Agronomy	Finance	Murray State University	2008

Current Professional Activities

Systems Analyst Research IT Cyberinfrastructure
- The Jackson Laboratory
Campus Champion Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
- The Jackson Laboratory
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (Aug. 2019 – Aug. 2021)
Instructor, Software Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Data Carpentry workshops
- The Carpentries
Guest Editor. MDPI
- International Journal for Translational Medicine

Previous Work and Research experience

National Center for Supercomputer Applications
- XSEDE Campus Champion Fellow (2020-2021)
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jan. 2018 – Aug. 2021)
- Associate Director of Bioinformatics, Molecular and Genomics Core Facility
- Instructor (Faculty), Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine
- Instructor (Faculty), Department of Data Science, School of Population Health
- Bioinformatician II (January 2018– September 2019)
Mississippi State University (August 2016 – January 2018)
- Assistant Research Professor Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology
- Assistant Research Professor Department of Department of Biochemistry, Mol. Bio., Entomology, and Plant Path
- Faculty-Senator Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine Faculty Senate (August 2016– 2018)
- Senior Research Associate Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology (July 2011 – August 2016)
- Graduate Research Assistant Life Science and Biotechnology Institute (June 2011 – December 2011)
- Graduate Research Assistant (Plant Pathology) Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology (August 2008 – June 2011)
- -Morphological and Molecular Diagnostics of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
- -Maintain Plant-Parasitic Nematode Cultures
- -Cotton and Soybean Nematode Resistance Screening
- -Small Plot Plant Pathology Research, Analysis, Field Pesticide/Fertilizer Application
- -Maintain Greenhouse: Plant, Propagate, Climate, Water, Pesticide/Fertilizer Application
- -Nematode, Fungal, Viral, and Bacteria Propagation and Inoculation (field and greenhouse)
DuPont Pioneer, Union City, TN (May 2008 – August 2008)
- Summer Internship in Corn Breeding

Skills

High Performance Computing
Genomics/Bioinformatics/Computational Biology
- Genome assembly
- Genome annotation
- Genome variant calling and analyses
- Differential Gene Expresssion (Bulk)
- Single Cell RNAseq
Programing
- Linux Shell (BASH)
- R
- Python

Membership in Professional Societies

Campus Champions
Campus Research Computing Consortium
American Society of Microbiology
Society of Nematologists
Soil Science Society of America
Crop Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy

Service and Leadership

Role	Organization
Editorial Board	International Journal of Translational Medicine (MDPI)
Guest Editor	Trends in Computational Methods and Cyberinfrastructure for Translational Medicine
Ad hoc reviewer	Biology of Sex Differences
Ad hoc reviewer	Physiological Genomics
Ad hoc reviewer	Phytopathology, American Phytopathological Society
Ad hoc reviewer	Microbial Pathogenesis
Ad hoc reviewer	PLoS ONE
Ad hoc reviewer	Plant Disease, American Phytopathological Society
Ad hoc reviewer	Journal of Environmental Quality, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA

Honors and Awards

XSEDE Campus Champions Fellow Program Awardee 2020-2021
Trainee Research Recognition in Physiological –Omics (2019), The American Physiological Society
Outstanding Research Staff Award, Nominee, Mississippi State University
Graduate Student Committee Chair (2013 -2015), Society of Nematology
Outstanding Student in Agronomy (2008), Murray State University School of Agriculture, Murray KY
National Student Recognition Award (2007-2008) American Society of Agronomy, Crop Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America
Gillespie Agricultural Mechanics Award
Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout

Publications

The application of a developmental genomics approach to study the resistant reaction of soybean to the soybean cyst nematode

Klink VP, Lawrence GW, Matsye PD, Showmaker KC. 2010 The application of a developmental genomics approach to study the resistant reaction of soybean to the soybean cyst nematode. Nematropica 40:1-11

Quantitative field testing Rotylenchulus reniformis DNA from Metagenomic Samples Isolated Directly from Soil

Showmaker KC, Lawrence GW, Lu S, Balbalian C, Klink VP. 2011 Quantitative field testing Rotylenchulus reniformis DNA from Metagenomic Samples Isolated Directly from Soil. PLoS ONE

Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

Paterson et al (including Showmaker KC).2012 Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres. Nature. 492 423-427

The pqqC gene is essential for antifungal activity of Pseudomonas kilonensis JX22 against Fusarium oxysporum sp. Lycopersici

Xu Ji, Deng P, Showmaker KC, Wang Hui, Baird S, Lu S. The pqqC gene is essential for antifungal activity of Pseudomonas kilonensis JX22 against Fusarium oxysporum sp. Lycopersici 2014 FEMS Microbiology Letters. 353(2)

Transcriptomic Dissection of the Rice - Burkholderia glumae Interaction.

Magbanua ZM, Arick M, Buza T, Hsu CY, Showmaker KC, Chouvarine P, Deng P, Lu S. 2014 Transcriptomic Dissection of the Rice - Burkholderia glumae Interaction. BMC Genomics.

Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia pyrrocinia Lyc2, a Biological Control Strain That Can Suppress Multiple Plant Microbial Pathogens

Wang X, Showmaker KC, Yu X, Bi T, Hsu C, Baird SM, Peterson DG, Li X, Lu S. 2014 Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia pyrrocinia Lyc2, a Biological Control Strain That Can Suppress Multiple Plant Microbial Pathogens. Genome Announcements. 2(5): e00991-14

Insight into the salivary gland transcriptome of Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois)

Showmaker KC, Bednářová A, Gresham C. Hsu C, Peterson DG, Krishnan N. (2016) Insight into the salivary gland transcriptome of Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois). PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147197

Comparative genome-wide analysis reveals that Burkholderia contaminans MS14 possesses multiple antimicrobial biosynthesis genes but not major genetic loci required for pathogenesis

Deng P, Wang X, Baird SM, Showmaker KC, Smith L, Peterson DG, Lu S (2016). Comparative genome-wide analysis reveals that Burkholderia contaminans MS14 possesses multiple antimicrobial biosynthesis genes but not major genetic loci required for pathogenesis. Microbiologyopen 5(3):353-69.

Characterization of Fenoxaprop-P-Ethyl–Resistant Junglerice (Echinochloa colona) from Mississippi

Wright AA, Nandula VK, Grier L, Showmaker KC, Bond JA , Peterson DG, Ray JD, and Shaw DR (2017) Characterization of Fenoxaprop-P-Ethyl–Resistant Junglerice (Echinochloa colona) from Mississippi. Weed Science 64(4):588-595.

The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain

Showmaker KC, Arick MA, Hsu C, Martin BE, Wang X, Wubben MJ, Nichols RL, Allen TW, Peterson DG, and Lu S. (2017) The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12[Extended Genome Report]

The Genome Sequence of the Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) endosymbiont Candidatus Cardinium hertigii strain cHgTN10

Showmaker KC, Walden KK, Fields CJ, Lambert KN and Hudson ME. (2018) The Genome Sequence of the Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) endosymbiont Candidatus Cardinium hertigii strain cHgTN10. Genome Announcements 6(26): e00624-18

Five life stage-specific transcriptome assemblies for the reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Showmaker KC, Sanders WS, Eves-van den Akker S, Martin BE, Callahan FE, Peterson DG, Wubben MJ. (2018) Five life stage-specific transcriptome assemblies for the reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira. Journal of Nematology 50 (4): 529-530

A genomic resource for the sedentary semi-endoparasitic reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Showmaker KC, Sanders WS, Eves-van den Akker S, Martin BE, Peterson DG, Wubben MJ. (2019) A genomic resource for the sedentary semi-endoparasitic reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira. Journal of Nematology 51:1-2

Superimposed Preeclampsia: Chronology and Expression Unveiled by Temporal Transcriptomic Analysis

Maeda KJ, Showmaker KC, Johnson AC, Garret MR, Sasser JM. (2019) Spontaneous Superimposed Preeclampsia: Chronology and Expression Unveiled by Temporal Transcriptomic Analysis. Physiol Genomics 51: 342–355

Whole Genome Sequencing and Novel Candidate Genes for CAKUT and Altered Nephrogenesis in the HSRA Rat

Showmaker KC, Cobb M, Johnson AC, Garret MR. (2020) Whole Genome Sequencing and Novel Candidate Genes for CAKUT and Altered Nephrogenesis in the HSRA Rat. Physiological Genomics 52(1):56-70

Loss of Arhgef11 in the Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Protects Against Hypertension-Induced Renal Injury

Johnson AC, Wenjie W, Attipoe EM, Sasser JM, Taylor EB, Showmaker KC, Kyle KB, Lindsey ML, Garret MR. (2020) Loss of Arhgef11 in the Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Protects Against Hypertension-Induced Renal Injury. Hypertension 75: 1012–1024.

Endothelial cell disruption drives increased blood-brain barrier permeability and cerebral edema in the Dahl SS/jr rat model of superimposed preeclampsia

Maeda KJ, McClung DM, Showmaker KC, Warrington JP, Ryan MJ, Garret MR, Sasser JM. (2021) Endothelial cell disruption drives increased blood-brain barrier permeability and cerebral edema in the Dahl SS/jr rat model of superimposed preeclampsia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 320: H535–H548 PMID: 33275518

Single cell RNA sequencing reveals ferritin as a key mediator of autoimmune pre-disposition in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus

Younes ST, Showmaker KC, Johnson AC, Ryan MJ, Garret MR. (2021) Single cell RNA sequencing reveals ferritin as a key mediator of autoimmune pre-disposition in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Scientific Reports 11, 24245 (2021).