Erol Kavvas
Machine Learning Scientist at DELFI Diagnostics
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolErol Kavvas is a machine learning scientist in San Diego with over a decade of experience building end-to-end ML systems that integrate AI, networks, and large-scale multi-omics to make biology more predictive. He has a PhD in Bioengineering (systems biology) and a track record of high-impact research—four first-author papers including two in Nature Communications and 900+ citations—plus applied roles deploying models for human and microbial biology across academia and industry. His work spans transcriptomics to fluxomics, creating physics-informed hybrid mechanistic-ML frameworks that both improve interpretability and generate experimentally testable hypotheses. At Envisagenics and DELFI Diagnostics he translated genomics and splicing insights into production-grade models, including LLMs, while earlier projects delivered personalized diet recommendation systems and metabolomics-driven drug-response pipelines. Known for bridging rigorous research and practical deployment, he often focuses on making complex multi-modal data actionable for translational biology.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bachelor's degree Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, DavisUniversity of California, San DiegoSacramento City College
Github Skills (15)
computational-biology5
systems-biology5
python-bindings5
biology4
bioinformatics4
music4
python3
diet3
magenta3
tracks2
api1
spotify-api1
spotify1
java1
modeling1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
erolkavvas/microbial_AMR_ML
May 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 17 pushes, 1 comment in 5 months
erolkavvas/iEK1011_materials
Apr 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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