Ajay Obla
Principal Investigator
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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Top SchoolAjay Obla is a computational biologist with nine years of interdisciplinary experience bridging wet-lab experimental biology and data-driven bioinformatics, currently leading research as Principal Investigator at Incyte. He designs and ships visual and statistical pipelines for high-throughput and multi-omic datasets, with practical experience building web apps like "Neuro Stack" for unified neurodegenerative disease analysis. His background includes pathogen surveillance, metagenomics, and client-facing genomics workflow implementation for pharma partners, reflecting both production-grade pipeline maintenance and bespoke discovery work. Ajay earned a Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics and has a track record of inventing novel computational methods—from ribosomal gene family evolution pipelines to single-cell quality classifiers—demonstrating a blend of rigor and applied problem solving. Based in Wilmington, DE, he combines academic depth with industry impact, often translating complex biology into actionable analytics for drug discovery.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.TECH, Biotechnology, B.TECH, Biotechnology at SRM UniversityHigh School Diploma, BIOLOGY, MATHS & SCIENCE, High School Diploma, BIOLOGY, MATHS & SCIENCE at MCCHSSDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics and Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics and Genomics at University of ConnecticutMaster’s Degree, Cell and Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Certificate Degree, Master’s Degree, Cell and Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Certificate Degree at University of New Haven
English, Tamil, Saurashtra, German
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Github Skills (29)
pathogen10
nmf9
biodiversity9
dna-sequences9
rna-seq9
genome8
genomics8
sequence8
kraken8
chip-seq8
bioinformatics8
taxonomy8
biology7
genome-assembly7
sequencing7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mjsull/smrt_job_submit
Mar 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:125 pushes in 2 years 4 months
ajaybabu27/microbiome_pdb_pipeline
Jul 2018 - Dec 2020
Computational workflows for analyzing 16S and metagenomics data
Contributions:1 PR, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
analyzingmetagenomicspipeline16salignment
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