Damla Cali
Senior Computational Biologist
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolDamla Cali is a Senior Computational Biologist with 11 years of experience at the nexus of genomics and high-performance computing, currently advancing single-cell and spatial genomics at 10x Genomics. She holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon and has a rare dual background in computer engineering and molecular biology, which she leverages to translate research prototypes into production-grade, hardware-accelerated platforms. Her work at Bionano and Intel Labs delivered NVIDIA-backed acceleration for Optical Genome Mapping and an approximate string-matching framework for sequence analysis that led to a patent application. A proven presenter at MICRO, ISCA, and RECOMB, she combines deep algorithmic insight with systems engineering to speed bioinformatics workloads. Based in San Diego, she is known for bridging interdisciplinary teams to push practical innovations that accelerate discovery in human health.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Bilkent UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityTED Ankara College
Github Skills (21)
inf9
genome-analysis9
genome8
matching8
string-matching8
approximate7
sequence-analysis7
blast7
bioinformatics7
sequence7
genomics7
genome-assembly6
science5
pdf5
fasta4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
damlasenolcali/damlasenolcali.github.io
Oct 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:205 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 5 months
CMU-SAFARI/SeGraM
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 20 pushes, 2 comments in 6 months
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