Nathaniel Tippens
Co-Founder at Hypergraph Bio
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathaniel Tippens is a data scientist and genomics-focused developer with 10 years of experience translating complex biological data into actionable models. As Co-Founder of Hypergraph Bio in San Francisco, he builds virtual cell models to accelerate drug target discovery, bridging computational biology with product-driven biotech. His background includes a PhD in Computational Biology from Cornell and postdoctoral work at MIT designing and screening RNA circuits, giving him deep expertise in wet-lab-aware modeling. Prior roles across startups and industry have honed his ability to move algorithms from prototype to applied discovery workflows. He combines hands-on machine learning aspirations with practical genomics tooling, reflecting both research rigor and startup execution. Notably, his profile signals a rare mix of computational depth and domain fluency that helps de-risk early-stage therapeutic hypotheses.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Biology at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Github Skills (18)
illumina8
sequencing8
adapter8
overlap8
bioinformatics8
duplication8
filter7
fastq7
filtering6
preprocessor6
cuda5
gpu5
preprocessing5
splitting3
parser2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ndtippens/CoPRO
Jun 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 years 6 months
hyulab/eSTARR
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:15 commits, 12 pushes in 6 months
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