Daniel Park
Sr Group Leader, Viral Computational Genomics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Park is a senior computational genomics leader who directs analytic and methods teams at the Broad Institute to study the evolution and spread of human pathogens using large-scale genomic data. With over a decade of experience spanning software engineering, doctoral research in evolutionary biology, and field-focused pipeline deployment in Africa, he translates cutting-edge genomics into practical public health and clinical applications. He has led Ebola virus genomic analyses, implemented portable computational pipelines for outbreak settings, and supervised numerous graduate projects, blending hands-on engineering with scientific mentorship. Trained at MIT and Harvard, he combines deep expertise in algorithmic software development with population-genetics insight to tackle real-world infectious disease problems.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityHigh School, Computer Systems, High School, Computer Systems at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Github Skills (76)
snakemake10
python10
genome-assembly10
command-line-tool10
genomics10
bam10
pipeline10
genome10
wdl10
docker10
fastq10
bioinformatics10
illumina10
next-generation-sequencing9
workflow-description-language9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
broadinstitute/viral-classify
Sep 2019 - Feb 2026
ARCHIVED: see viral-ngs repo
Contributions:28 releases, 14 reviews, 32 PRs in 6 years 6 months
viralviral-ngsngsbioinformaticssteps
broadinstitute/nextstrain-builds
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Nextstrain build definitions
Contributions:4 reviews, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 8 months
definitionsnextstrain
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