Eric Kernfeld
Research Scientist at Alden Scientific
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEric Kernfeld is a research scientist and statistician specializing in computational biology and genomic data analysis, with 11 years of hands-on experience across academia and industry. He recently completed a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins focused on neutral evaluation of transcriptional regulation models and has driven projects from raw sequencing reads to published papers using scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, Hi-C, Perturb-seq, and CRISPR screens. Eric pairs rigorous statistical training (MS in Statistics) and a strong math background with practical software engineering habits, keeping analysis infrastructure well-organized to avoid technical debt in fast-moving research. He has a track record of translating complex experimental transitions into robust, documented pipelines—most notably helping a startup navigate sequencing-technology changes—and has led data-driven discoveries in stem cell genomics. Based in Boston, he is seeking roles in machine learning, bioinformatics, or computational biology where he can combine inventive modeling with reproducible data engineering.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Statistics, Master of Science - MS, Statistics at University of WashingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityB.S., Mathematics, 3.92/4, B.S., Mathematics, 3.92/4 at Tufts University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (107)
single-cell-genomics10
cran10
bcftools9
htslib9
bioinformatics9
r-package9
r8
pysam8
samtools8
wdl8
sequencing8
tabix8
single-cell-analysis7
workflow-description-language7
application7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ekernf01/perturbation_benchmarking
Jul 2023 - Sep 2025
Comparing performance across many methodological dimensions among tools that predict RNA after TF knockdowns and overexpression.
Contributions:2 releases, 189 pushes, 2 tags in 2 years 1 month
ekernf01/ggrn
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 147 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 8 months
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