Cody Markelz
Co-Founder at Darmera Studios
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCody Markelz is a co-founder and data-driven scientist with 11 years of experience at the intersection of plant biology, genomics, and machine learning, now leading Darmera Studios from the San Francisco Bay Area. He combines deep academic training—a PhD and postdoctoral work in plant biology and statistical genomics—with hands-on startup experience as a Y Combinator co-founder of Rev Genomics and VP of Genomics. Cody has applied Bayesian hierarchical modeling, probabilistic graphical models, and cloud-native data architectures in both freelance and institutional research roles, translating complex biological data into actionable insights. His work spans R, Python, and Stan, and he’s comfortable designing databases and deploying analyses on AWS. Known as a professional learner, he blends curiosity about plants with practical ML and engineering skills to build data-first products in agriculture and environment. An understated strength is his ability to bridge rigorous academic research and product-focused engineering to move genomic science toward real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoctoral Research, Plant Biology and Statistical Genomics, Postdoctoral Research, Plant Biology and Statistical Genomics at University of California, DavisY CombinatorUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (8)
computational-biology3
statement3
ecology3
sbml3
evolutionary3
biology2
javascript1
react1
Github contributions (5)
rjcmarkelz/marmite
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:70 pushes in 1 year 11 months
rjcmarkelz/brassica_genetic_map_paper
May 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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