Mihir Bafna
PhD Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMihir Bafna is a PhD student at MIT CSAIL and an ML research scientist at Liquid AI, bringing eight years of research and engineering experience at the intersection of deep learning and structural biology. He has held research roles at Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT’s Berger Lab, and has taught graduate deep learning—demonstrating both hands-on modeling expertise and the ability to explain complex concepts. His background spans bioinformatics internships to advanced lab research, reflecting a knack for applying ML to scientific problems rather than just industry applications. Based in San Diego, Mihir combines rigorous academic training with practical research-to-product experience, often working on projects that bridge protein structure and learning algorithms. Colleagues describe him as equally comfortable coding experiments and mentoring students, with a trajectory focused on pushing deep learning for structural domains into real-world impact.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Westview High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (33)
rna-seq8
health8
mental-health8
mongoose7
web-platform7
james7
genomics7
mongodb-driver6
bioinformatics6
faunadb6
mongodb-database6
visualization6
visualizations5
mongodb5
location5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
compvision/cv-2019
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 month
MihirBafna/vetAssist
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Health Hacks @ GT submission. For the Mental Health Track and the VA challenge.
Contributions:21 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
mental-healthhealthmental
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