Liyang Diao
Managing Partner at Brandeis University - Graduate Professional Studies
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLiyang Diao is a data science and bioinformatics leader with 12 years of experience translating complex -omics data into actionable insights for biopharma and early-stage biotech. Currently splitting time as Managing Partner at Sprout Informatics and Senior Director of Data Science at ROME Therapeutics, he has led small PhD-level teams and cross-functional partnerships to drive translational analyses and clinical-readout preparedness. His hands-on work spans cloud infrastructure, single-cell and whole-metagenome pipelines, and statistical plans that supported IND/BLA activities and Phase 3 trials. Known for "building the plane while flying it," he combines startup agility with rigorous academic training (PhD Rutgers) and a math foundation from Wake Forest. A pragmatic communicator, he regularly presents complex analyses to scientific and regulatory stakeholders and has a track record of turning investigational programs into clinic-ready evidence.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics at Wake Forest UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics at Rutgers University
English
Github Skills (21)
bam8
bioinformatics7
fasta6
genomics6
htslib6
latex6
sequencing6
quarto5
docx5
r5
sam4
throughput4
c-library4
transcriptomics3
html3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ldiao/MixMir
Mar 2014 - Oct 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 3 pushes, 14 comments in 6 years 7 months
ldiao/GeneClassificationMRF
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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