Amol Shetty
Principal Bioinformatics Scientist
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAmol Shetty is a Principal Bioinformatics Scientist based in Baltimore with 15+ years of expertise translating multi-omic data into clinically actionable biomarkers across oncology, transplant, and precision medicine. He leads cross-functional teams at the University of Maryland, managing portfolios and budgets across large NIH-funded programs while building GCP-compliant analytical pipelines for whole genome, transcriptomic, epigenomic and single-cell datasets. A hands-on data scientist and software engineer, he has increased analytical productivity through automation and reproducible workflows, mentored rotating teams of engineers and taught graduate-level workshops. His research record includes 110+ publications (~7,000 citations, h-index 41) and extensive conference presence, reflecting a sustained focus on translational impact rather than purely methodological work. Amol combines deep computational skills in biostatistics and machine learning with operational leadership—running biomarker discovery to validation in clinical-grade settings. He aims to lead his own translational research group to further bridge multi-omic science and patient-focused outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Epidemiology and Human Genetics, PhD, Epidemiology and Human Genetics at University of Maryland BaltimoreProfessional Master of Science, Bioinformatics, Professional Master of Science, Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyJunior College, Science Stream, Junior College, Science Stream at St. Xavier's CollegeBachelor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering at University of Mumbai
French, English, Hindi, MarathiGithub contributions (5)
acshetty/sncRNA-seq-analysis
Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:19 commits in 4 months
acshetty/fast-n-curious
Sep 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:5 pushes in 4 years 5 months
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