Arkarachai Fungtammasan
Staff Translational Medicine Scientist
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolArkarachai Fungtammasan is a Staff Translational Medicine Scientist with 11 years of experience applying bioinformatics, multi-omics and machine learning to translational research and large-scale genomics projects. He leads cross-functional teams and drives computational strategy for biomarker discovery in gastrointestinal disease, integrating omics, clinical and real-world data to enable precision medicine. Previously he built and managed bioinformatics services and research programs at DNAnexus, supporting thousands of UK Biobank users and spearheading interpretable ML work on UKB data. A PhD-trained genomics researcher with deep experience in genome assembly, complex variant calling and cloud-based pipelines, he combines rigorous QC and reproducible workflows with product-oriented collaboration. He also serves on editorial boards for BMC Bioinformatics and BMC Genomics, reflecting a commitment to scientific rigor and community peer review. Beyond technical leadership, he has a track record of translating “black box” ML into interpretable results that clinical teams can act on.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics and Genomics, 4.00/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics and Genomics, 4.00/4.00 at Penn State UniversityHigh school diploma, Math-Science, 3.95/4.00, High school diploma, Math-Science, 3.95/4.00 at Debsirin schoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, Distinction program, 3.91/4.00, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, Distinction program, 3.91/4.00 at Mahidol UniversityUniversity of KansasCertificate, Teaching, Certificate, Teaching at The Graduate School at Penn State
Thai, English, Japanese
Github Skills (50)
gwas10
genome-assembly10
interpretable-machine-learning9
xai9
vcf-files9
barrage9
wake-on-lan9
transparency9
iml9
blackbox9
wdl9
jupyter-notebook8
differential-privacy8
artificial-intelligence7
gradient-boosting7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
VGP/vgp-assembly
Jan 2019 - May 2021
VGP repository for the genome assembly working group
Contributions:236 commits, 13 PRs, 208 pushes in 2 years 4 months
genome-assembly
Arkarachai/ContextNNN
May 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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