Janaka Edirisinghe
Assistant Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory
Naperville, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJanaka Edirisinghe is an Assistant Scientist with 14 years of experience synthesizing computational and experimental approaches to microbial metabolism, currently based at Argonne National Laboratory. He specializes in metabolic model reconstruction for prokaryotes, with focused expertise in modeling central carbon metabolism and electron transport chains informed by comparative genomics. His career spans postdoctoral and research scientist roles at top institutions, blending bioinformatics, microbial physiology, and practical implementation of models for systems-level insight. Trained with a PhD in Microbial Physiology and an MS in Bioinformatics, he bridges deep domain knowledge and software-driven analysis to improve the fidelity of metabolic reconstructions. Notably, his background in computer science underpins an ability to translate complex genomic data into robust, testable metabolic frameworks.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbial Physiology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbial Physiology at Northern Illinois UniversityDRCK
Github Skills (18)
python10
simulation9
kubernetes9
metadata9
sdk9
modeling9
html-text8
adobe-xd6
catalog4
react4
seed3
bioinformatics2
genomics2
ui-toolkit1
javascript1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
janakagithub/kb_fungalmodeling
Nov 2017 - Jul 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
janakagithub/fba_tools
Jun 2017 - Dec 2020
A suite of metabolic modeling tools created using the KBase SDK
Contributions:6 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
modeling-toolskbasesimulationsdkmodeling
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