Benjamin Decato
Scientific Associate Director, Computational Biology
California, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Decato is a results-driven computational biology leader with 14 years of experience applying algorithms and statistical modeling to large-scale genomic and clinical datasets. Currently Scientific Associate Director at Amgen, he leads multi-omic biomarker analyses across oncology programs, bridging discovery through commercialization and integrating AI/ML into clinical-grade pipelines. His background spans academia and industry—PhD-trained in computational biology—where he has driven tumor heterogeneity studies with single-cell and whole-genome data and delivered GxP-adherent tools for clinical decision making. Known for translating complex high-dimensional data into actionable patient stratification and CDx strategies, he also pursues precision medicine and epigenomics side projects that keep his technical craft sharp.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of New Hampshire
English, Chinese
Github Skills (46)
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
nextflow9
pipeline9
regression9
plotly7
visualization7
slack-bot7
interactive7
python7
regl7
jupyter-notebook7
scientific-computing6
ipywidgets6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bdecato/alignmentbd
Apr 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 1 push in 1 year 6 months
bdecato/bedsrc
Feb 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 21 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 9 months
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