Hannah Wayment-steele
Postdoctoral Fellow at Brandeis University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolHannah Wayment-Steele is a postdoctoral fellow and computational biochemist with nine years of experience applying machine learning and high-throughput experiments to RNA structure prediction and therapeutic design. She earned a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford, where she developed ML-driven approaches to improve RNA vaccines and earlier built unsupervised deep learning frameworks for protein dynamics. Her work spans academia and industry collaborations, including roles at Google Brain and the Wyss Institute, and she now conducts interdisciplinary research at Brandeis University. Beyond the lab, she represented Team USA in coastal rowing world championships, reflecting a competitive team mindset and resilience that inform her research leadership.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Northland Preparatory AcademyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Majors: Chemistry & Applied Mathematics, Minor: Music, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Majors: Chemistry & Applied Mathematics, Minor: Music at Pomona CollegeMaster of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Chemistry, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Chemistry at University of CambridgeTelluride School of Theoretical ChemistryMolSim 2016Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry at Stanford University
English, German
Github Skills (42)
estimate10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
layout9
python9
prediction9
graphviz8
storage8
draw8
datasets7
throughput7
systems-biology6
computational-biology6
docking6
visualization6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DasLab/RiboGraphViz
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
Visualize global properties of large RNAs using GraphViz force-directed layout.
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 1 year 1 month
force-directedvisualizelayoutpropertiesdirected
DasLab/arnie
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
Python utility to estimate, compare, and reweight RNA energetics across many secondary structure algorithms.
Contributions:61 commits, 9 PRs, 88 pushes in 2 years 9 months
secondaryreweightpythonpython-utilitybioinformatics
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