Nathaniel Tippens
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.
11 years of coding experience
5 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 (26)
illumina8
motif8
sequencing8
bioinformatics8
duplication8
filter7
fastq7
overlap7
adapter7
preprocessor6
preprocessing6
cuda5
r4
generalization4
transformer-models4
Programming languages (3)
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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