Ben Kotopka
Head Of Data Science
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Kotopka is Head of Data Science at Antheia with nine years of experience applying deep learning to synthetic biology and biomedical data analysis. A Stanford PhD in Bioengineering and a Princeton BA in Molecular Biology, he combines rigorous academic research with hands-on leadership in biotech startups, previously serving as Chief Scientific Officer at Brain Key. He specializes in translating complex biological problems into deployable ML models and data-driven decision frameworks that accelerate drug and biologics development. Based in Palo Alto, he is a self-directed researcher who bridges lab science and production ML pipelines, often tackling noisy, small-sample biomedical datasets that demand creative modeling and validation strategies.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Arts - BA Molecular Biology at Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (3)
measurement9
testing8
modeling8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
smolkelab/promoter_design
Jun 2018 - Mar 2020
Promoter activity measurement and modeling; artificial promoter design and testing
Contributions:144 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 9 months
modelingtestingartificialmeasurement
archajain/deep-brain
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 month
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