Amit Sinha
CEO & Founder at Basepair Inc
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmit Sinha is a founder and computational biologist with 11 years of experience building scalable software that brings next-generation sequencing into clinical and research practice. As CEO & Founder of Basepair in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads development of user-friendly, highly accurate genomics analysis tools used by top pharma, diagnostics labs, and hospitals to tackle cancer and infectious disease problems. His background combines a PhD in machine learning and genomics with hands-on research at institutions including Harvard Medical School and Memorial Sloan-Kettering, where he developed novel NGS analysis methods and tools adopted by thousands of researchers. Previously he translated genomics into practical pipelines at Procter & Gamble and created widely used web tools during his doctoral work, showing a consistent ability to turn complex computational methods into impactful, user-centric products. He’s motivated by the intersection of technology and medicine and known for shrinking analysis timelines from days to minutes while maintaining scientific rigor.
11 years of coding experience
PhD Machine learning and genomics, PhD Machine learning and genomics at University of CincinnatiBTech Engineering, BTech Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiClinical Investigation, Clinical Investigation at Harvard Medical SchoolHigh School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at Don Bosco Academy
Github Skills (23)
python-bindings10
scripting9
menubar9
structural-variation7
bitbar7
bioinformatics6
macos5
sequencing5
mod-wsgi5
visualization4
python3
django3
profiling3
angular3
flask3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
basepair/docs
Nov 2024 - Dec 2025
Contributions:10 reviews, 13 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year
ausinha/kaldi-hugo-cms-template
Sep 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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