Senior Bioinformatics Scientist | Clinical Genomics | AI/ML for Precision Medicine | Multi-Omics Research
I'm a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist with 13+ years of experience spanning clinical genomics, computational biology, and translational research across India, UAE, and Qatar. I specialize in rare disease diagnostics, prenatal genomics, and precision medicine.
- Building end-to-end NGS pipelines for clinical genomics (WES/WGS/RNA-seq)
- Architecting containerized bioinformatics platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Nextflow, Snakemake)
- Applying AI/ML to variant calling, biomarker discovery, and drug repurposing
- Leading multi-omics research in maternal-fetal medicine using long-read sequencing
- Developing cloud-native workflows on AWS, GCP, and Illumina Connected Analytics
Languages: Python (Biopython, Pandas, NumPy) | R (Bioconductor) | Perl | Bash NGS Tools: GATK | DeepVariant | DRAGEN-CLI | BWA-MEM | Minimap2 | Salmon | STAR Single-Cell: Seurat | Cell Ranger | Scanpy | DESeq2 AI/ML: TensorFlow | PyTorch | Scikit-learn | XGBoost | AlphaFold | ESM DevOps: Docker | Kubernetes | Singularity | Nextflow | Snakemake | Git Cloud & HPC: AWS (EC2, S3, Batch) | GCP | Azure | SLURM | PBS Web & Data: Django | Flask | PostgreSQL | Apache Superset | Tableau
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Women's Wellness and Research Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Pioneering long-read sequencing bioinformatics frameworks using Oxford Nanopore technology for maternal-fetal genomic research.
- 15+ peer-reviewed publications | Google Scholar
- 20+ international research awards including EMBO Travel Awards, ICMR Senior Research Fellowship, and Young Investigator Award
- 1,000+ clinical genetic tests analyzed across oncology, hematology, neurology, and pharmacogenomics
- 6 manuscripts under review in 2025 across preterm birth genomics, newborn screening, and pharmacogenomics
- PhD in Biotechnology — Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- MSc in Bioinformatics — Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai
- BSc in Microbiology — University of Madras, Chennai
Bioinformatics Scientist driving precision medicine through genomics, AI, and multi-omics research.