Austin Mckay
Principal Scientist - Computational Biology & Machine Learning
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAustin Mckay is a Principal Scientist specializing in computational biology and machine learning, with eight years of experience applying bioinformatics to drug discovery and translational immunology. Based in Denver and currently leading ML-driven computational efforts at TRexBio, he has progressed internally from Scientist to Principal Scientist, demonstrating rapid technical and leadership growth. His background in biological and chemical engineering informs a systems-level approach to modeling immune biology and biomarker discovery. Austin blends startup experience—founding optif.ai and advising Nextnet—with deep domain work at companies and academic programs, making him fluent in both product-oriented and research workflows. He publishes code on GitHub and bridges data science, engineering, and translational decision-making to accelerate therapeutic programs. An often-overlooked strength is his track record mentoring cross-functional teams and shaping ML strategy across early-stage and established scientific organizations.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Biological and Chemical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Biological and Chemical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (71)
plotly-dash10
plotly10
reinforcement-learning10
jupyter-notebook10
visualization10
aws10
cytoscape9
autoencoder9
variational-autoencoder9
single-cell-analysis9
interactive9
music9
network-graph9
dashboard9
python9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
TheAustinator/style-stack
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
A library for similarity search for art and design images
Contributions:32 commits, 1 PR, 21 pushes in 1 month
similarity-search
TheAustinator/peep-dis
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
A colorful python CLI object inspector
Contributions:67 commits, 4 PRs, 51 pushes in 4 months
cliobject-inspectorpython
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