Cheng Wang
Senior Scientist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolCheng Wang is a Senior Scientist based in New York with eight years of experience bridging data science, machine learning, and chemistry-driven biomedical research. He applies statistical analysis and ML to biochemical, imaging, and text data, translating complex omics and spectroscopy datasets into actionable biomedical insights. His background includes a PhD in Chemistry and an MS in Data Science, plus academic roles teaching ML and biostatistics bilingually, reflecting strong communication skills across technical and multidisciplinary audiences. Notably, he has built production-ready tools—from a weighted-matching web app for lipid identification to an AWS-hosted Flask app for diabetes risk prediction—demonstrating an ability to move research prototypes into deployable systems. Now at Mount Sinai’s Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, he blends domain expertise with practical engineering to accelerate translational genomics.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Data Science, 3.91, Master of Science - MS, Data Science, 3.91 at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Applied Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Chemistry at China University of Petroleum 中国石油大学(华东)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, 3.67, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, 3.67 at The Ohio State University
English, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
honeybird1991/Behavioral-Risk-Model-Predict-Diabetes
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:18 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
honeybird1991/TDI_Project
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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