Cihan Kaya
Vice President, Scientific Innovation And Digital Technology
Greater Hartford United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCihan Kaya is a technology and science leader with 11+ years of experience at the intersection of cancer genomics, digital pathology, and computational biology, now serving as VP of Scientific Innovation and Digital Technology at Sonic Healthcare USA. He combines a Ph.D. in Computational Biology with hands-on bioinformatics and HPC leadership from roles at Pfizer, UPMC, and academic labs to operationalize AI-driven clinical workflows and large-scale molecular data platforms. Cihan has a track record of shipping production tools and contributing to open-source bioinformatics—most notably enhancements to the prody/ProDy protein dynamics package and Pfam sequence search integration. Comfortable bridging research and enterprise, he leads multidisciplinary teams to translate complex algorithms into robust, auditable systems that improve patient care. Pursuing an MBA while running strategic innovation programs highlights his blend of technical depth and growing business acumen.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Chemical Engineering, Master's Degree Chemical Engineering at Boğaziçi UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Bryant UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology at University of Pittsburgh
English, Turkish
Github Skills (6)
bioinformatics10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
python10
molecular-simulation10
nonlinear-dynamics10
database-management8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
prody/ProDy
Apr 2015 - Feb 2018
A Python Package for Protein Dynamics Analysis
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Bioinformatics Specialist
Back-end Developer & Bioinformatics SpecialistContributions:181 commits, 54 PRs, 181 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Cihan primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of the `prody/prody` package, which focuses on protein dynamics analysis. Their work involved integrating new functionality, specifically related to the `prody.comd` package for molecular dynamics. They made changes to the database interaction code including changes for the Pfam database including improvements to its sequence search features. Further contributions included bug fixes, file modifications, and dependency updates within the package.
python-packageproteinpythondynamics
cihankayacihan/ProDy
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1 commit, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 day
python-packagepythonproteindynamics
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