Dermot Harnett
Senior Design Engineer at Max Delbrück Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDermot Harnett is a Senior Design Engineer based in Boston with 11 years of experience applying computational biology, bioinformatics, and machine learning to gene regulation and mammalian systems. Currently at Ginkgo Bioworks he designs DNA constructs and high-throughput libraries for optimization and testing, building on a strong academic track that includes a PhD at EMBL and a postdoc at the Max Delbrück Center’s Ohler Group. He excels in collaborative research environments, translating complex biological questions into computational workflows and actionable experimental designs. Known for bridging deep genomics expertise with practical engineering, he brings both wet-lab insight and algorithmic intuition to product-focused biotech projects. A first-class Human Genetics graduate from Trinity College Dublin, he combines rigorous training with hands-on experience in large-scale, data-driven biology.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Human Genetics, I (First Class Honors), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Human Genetics, I (First Class Honors) at Trinity College, Dublin
English, German
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Github Skills (90)
seq10
galaxy10
bioinformatics10
dplyr9
bioconda9
splice9
package-management9
grammar9
r-package9
conda9
wrapper9
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parser8
knitr8
data-transformation8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ohlerlab/cortexomics
May 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:120 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
ohlerlab/Riboseq_Pipeline
Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:48 commits, 19 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
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