Neerja Katiyar
Senior Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeerja Katiyar is a Senior Data Scientist based in Seattle with 12 years of expertise in bioinformatics, genomics, and statistical genetics, currently applying this domain knowledge at Seattle Children’s. She has a strong track record analyzing NGS datasets and building reproducible pipelines from roles at The Jackson Laboratory, Vanderbilt, Gladstone, and UC Riverside. Neerja combines rigorous statistical training with practical software skills to translate complex genomic data into actionable research insights for clinical and research teams. Her academic foundation includes an MS in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and extended research experience dating back to work at the J. Craig Venter Institute and Penn State. Known for bridging computational methods and biological questions, she often focuses on improving pipeline robustness and reproducibility—an asset in pediatric and translational settings.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bioinformatics and Genomics, Bioinformatics and Genomics at Penn State UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Master of Science (MS) Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at George Mason University
English, Hindi
Github Skills (12)
sequencing4
pca3
rna-seq3
bioinformatics3
bioconda3
principal-component-analysis3
svd3
singular2
petsc1
linear-algebra1
factorization1
truncated1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ucr-bioinformatics/hts_pipeline
Jun 2014 - Jan 2018
Contributions:159 commits in 3 years 7 months
ucr-bioinformatics/ucr-bioinformatics.github.io
Jul 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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