Summary
Akhil Jalan is a research engineer at Google DeepMind in New York with nine years of experience applying machine learning to scientific and industrial problems. He completed a machine learning PhD at UT Austin with first-author publications at NeurIPS and ICML, and has practical R&D experience spanning bioprocess optimization, multi-omics transfer learning, and large-scale sensor analytics. His work at Ark Biotech produced measurable lab impact (notably an 89% increase in viable cell density and faster doubling times) and he has released open-source tools from a technical sabbatical that bridge biology and computational methods. Comfortable moving models from theory to deployed systems, he combines academic rigor with hands-on lab and instrumentation know-how, a background shaped by stints at startups, research labs, and industry.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Applied Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin