Lydia Krasilnikova
Bioinformatics Scientist
Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLydia Krasilnikova is a bioinformatics scientist with 12 years of experience applying metagenomic and amplicon sequencing to pathogen identification, outbreak investigation, and the study of undercharacterized viral species. She combines a rare mix of rigorous evolutionary biology training (PhD, Harvard OEB) with engineering rigor from MIT (MEng and SB in Computer Science & Molecular Biology), enabling her to translate complex genomic data into public-health action at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Her work spans disease surveillance, co-infection dynamics, and human evolutionary questions, with a track record at institutions including the Broad Institute and HHMI. Lydia also communicates science through visual and written storytelling, bridging technical research and public-facing interpretation—a skill she’s practiced since blogging and teaching at MIT.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Whitney M. Young Magnet High SchoolMaster of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science and Molecular Biology, 5.0, Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science and Molecular Biology, 5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyComputer Science, Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University (Schreyer Honors College)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, OEB (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, OEB (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology) at Harvard UniversityHigh School, High School at State College Area High School
English, Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
snakemake10
wdl10
r-package9
pipeline9
genomics9
stan8
sequence8
blast8
bioinformatics8
statistical-models7
multilevel7
bayesian-inference6
bayesian6
brms6
bayesian-statistics4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lakras/bio-helper-scripts
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:476 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
broadinstitute/polyphonia
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
Detects cross-contamination in sequence data.
Contributions:294 commits, 15 PRs, 360 pushes in 4 months
sequencecontamination
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