Michael Silverstein
Bioinformatics Engineer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Silverstein is a bioinformatics engineer with nine years of hands-on experience across the full experimental lifecycle—from study design and field sampling to sequencing, pipeline development, simulation, and interpretation. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Boston University and has applied his computational microbial ecology expertise to soil microbiome engineering for climate mitigation and to vaccine development aimed at reducing cattle methane emissions. Experienced in both academic and industry settings (Broad Institute, Finch Therapeutics, ArkeaBio™), he bridges wet-lab understanding with production-ready computational infrastructure. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines rigorous research training with practical data science internships and fellowship experience, making him adept at translating complex biological questions into scalable analysis and engineering solutions. An active problem-solver, he favors projects where microbial systems can be engineered to address planetary- and human-health challenges.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biomedical Engineering at University of RochesterDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Boston University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (63)
python10
data-science10
pandas10
data-structure10
data-structures10
data-analysis10
matplotlib9
sequence-alignment9
phylogenetics9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
protein-structure9
computational-biology9
data-visualization9
scikit8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
michaelsilverstein/Pandas-and-Plotting
Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:22 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
michaelsilverstein/mineer
Jan 2020 - Apr 2022
A sensible sequence trimming algorithm
Contributions:6 releases, 36 PRs, 87 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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