Ambuj Kumar
Bioinformatics Scientist II
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmbuj Kumar is a Bioinformatics Scientist II with 11 years of experience combining deep computational biology, protein engineering, and full-stack development to accelerate therapeutic discovery. He leads multi-project bioinformatics efforts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, specializing in single-cell multi-omics, ChIP/ATAC/RNA analyses, and integrating molecular simulations to probe protein–immune interactions. Ambuj builds production-ready AI tooling—RAG frameworks, quantized LLM agents with long-term memory, and multimodal hypothesis-generation agents—that directly support pediatric cancer research. His background includes developing ML-driven protein design tools during a PhD and inventing patented engineered proteins and polymerases in industry, reflecting a rare mix of academic methods and product-focused engineering. Comfortable across Python/R, Django/Next.js, Docker, AWS and molecular toolchains like AlphaFold2 and Gromacs, he blends research rigor with scalable software practices to turn complex biological data into actionable insights.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics at Iowa State UniversityB.Tech Bioinformatics, B.Tech Bioinformatics at Vellore Institute of TechnologyMaster's Degree Zoology/Animal Biology, Master's Degree Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Florida
English, Hindi, German, Urdu
Github Skills (4)
predict6
bioinformatics4
stability2
mutation2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Ambuj-UF/mutbase
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:70 commits, 68 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
Ambuj-UF/EvoIntNet
Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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