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Olga Dudchenko received her PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Erez Lieberman Aiden at the Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University (US). Olga is the author of several widely used tools for genome assembly including 3D-DNA, an automated pipeline for using Hi-C data to assemble genomes, and Juicebox Assembly Tools, a system for the visual exploration of Hi-C data which provides a point-and-click interface for using Hi-C heatmaps to identify and correct errors in genome assemblies. She is a cofounder of DNA Zoo (www.dnazoo.org), a consortium focused on facilitating conservation efforts through the rapid generation and release of high-quality genomics resources.