Barbara De Kegel
Computational Scientist II
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBarbara De Kegel is a computational scientist and software engineer with 10 years of experience bridging low-level C++ systems, real-time graphics/physics, and computational biology. Currently at the Broad Institute after earlier engineering work at Havok/Microsoft, she combines production-grade systems skills with a PhD in Bioinformatics that produced publications in PLoS Genetics and Cell Systems. Her work spans intelligent algorithms for high-performance simulation and genomic-scale analyses, reflecting a rare mix of game-engine rigor and quantitative biology. Known for exploring paralog buffering in cancer, she brings hypothesis-driven research habits to engineering problems and a record of shipping robust, low-latency code.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, 39 points, International Baccalaureate, 39 points at American School of WarsawMaster’s Degree, Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology), Distinction, Master’s Degree, Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology), Distinction at Trinity College DublinInternational School of PragueDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University College Dublin
English, Dutch
Github Skills (9)
bioinformatics9
prediction8
bioconda7
genomics7
synthetic7
conda7
package-management6
infer1
gene-expression1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DeKegel/paralog_SL_prediction
Dec 2020 - May 2022
Code for prediction of synthetic lethality between paralog pairs
Contributions:1 release, 41 commits, 34 pushes in 1 year 5 months
predictiondataminingsyntheticgraphneuralnetworkpairs
cancergenetics/paralog_SL_prediction
Dec 2020 - May 2022
Code for prediction of synthetic lethality between paralog pairs
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 5 months
pairspredictionsynthetic
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