Caitlin Winkler
Senior Solutions Scientist at Pluto
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCaitlin Winkler is a Senior Solutions Scientist with 11 years of research and data science experience, combining a Ph.D. in Cell, Stem Cell, and Developmental Biology with 4+ years of formal bioinformatics training. She specializes in multi-omics analysis—scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, spatial transcriptomics, bulk RNA-seq and WGS—and builds reproducible pipelines using Python, R, Snakemake/Nextflow, Docker, and AWS. Caitlin has guided bench scientists through experimental design and data interpretation, taught hands-on workshops, and translated complex developmental neurobiology questions into actionable computational solutions. At Pluto and prior roles she has balanced client-facing consulting with deep technical contributions, mentoring junior researchers along the way. Known for meticulous attention to detail and strong communication skills, she also pursues interests in software engineering, ML, and user-focused tooling to make omics more accessible.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cell, Stem Cell, Developmental Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cell, Stem Cell, Developmental Biology at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology at University of Colorado at BoulderBachelor of Arts - BA, Neuroscience, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Neuroscience at University of Colorado Boulder
Spanish
Github Skills (44)
seq10
rna-seq10
nextflow9
pipeline9
sequencing9
single-cell-analysis9
bioinformatics9
transcriptomics9
nf-core9
genomics9
fasta8
computational-biology8
scales8
python8
pypi8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
oligomyeggo/DevBio-scRNA-seq-Workshop
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:38 commits in 1 month
pluto-biosciences/pluto-analysis-recipes
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:32 pushes in 8 months
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