Ferdous Nasri
Visiting Scientist at Hasso Plattner Institute
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFerdous Nasri is a bioinformatician and computer scientist with 11 years of experience at the intersection of AI and global health, currently a Visiting Scientist at the Broad Institute and a PhD researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute. She designs algorithmic tools—using GNNs, RC-CNNs and optimization—to translate genomic data into actionable outbreak-tracking platforms such as a SARS-CoV-2 mutation model and the MpoxRadar dashboard. A seasoned technical leader, she has led multi-disciplinary teams of students and research fellows to deliver production-facing surveillance tools. She founded Code Curious (formerly Rails Girls Berlin), which has introduced coding to over 1,600 underrepresented learners and placed more than half into tech careers. Her background spans RNA biology tool development at the Max Planck Institute to international research residencies, reflecting a rare blend of wet-lab-aware computation and product-minded delivery. Based in Berlin, she focuses on building cross-cultural teams and reproducible software that directly informs public health decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics, Master's degree (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics at Freie Universität BerlinNational Organisation for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), IranEdexcel General Certificate of Education (GCE), British School System, Edexcel General Certificate of Education (GCE), British School System at Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL), MalaysiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence at Hasso Plattner InstituteMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Instituto Superior TécnicoIGCSE (O-levels), British School System, IGCSE (O-levels), British School System at Sayfol International School
English, German, Persian, Malay, Portuguese
Github Skills (32)
php10
version-control10
git9
gitignore9
json-api9
jekyll9
letter8
underground7
api7
flutter6
open-source6
rails6
json6
javascript6
ruby5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
codecurious-bln/CC-website
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
Jekyll Site for Code Curious it deploys to:
Contributions:74 commits, 22 PRs, 45 pushes in 3 years 3 months
newbie-friendlydiversity-in-techjekyll-sitedeploysjekyll
ferbsx/Pizza
May 2015 - Oct 2019
A public motivation site for whoever who needs inspiration to get some PIZZA!!! 😍 🍕
Contributions:49 commits, 36 PRs, 52 pushes in 4 years 5 months
pizzainspiration
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