Nikita Kotlov
Lead Software Engineer at BostonGene
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikita Kotlov is a Sr. Director of Data Analysis and bioinformatics team lead with a decade of hands-on experience translating genomics data into clinical and research impact, currently steering multidisciplinary teams at BostonGene in Waltham. He combines deep expertise in cancer immunotherapy, lymphoma genetics and tumor microenvironment profiling with practical engineering skills—having built high-throughput pipeline engines, fusion-calling workflows, and QC/analysis tools for DNA/RNA sequencing. Nikita has managed teams of up to 20, overseen 50 projects, delivered clinical-reporting methods, and driven >14 publications and 25+ conference abstracts while also mentoring through 100+ hours of lectures. Notably, he patented an RNA expression ratio–based ML model for immunotherapy response prediction and routinely leverages public cohorts (TCGA, GTEx) to accelerate biomarker discovery. He is motivated by translating complex genomic signals into actionable targets and diagnostics, and by forging collaborations across academia and industry to advance personalized cancer treatment.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology at Institute of Molecular Biology NAS, ArmeniaHigh School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science, High School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science at AESC MSU — Kolmogorov Boarding SchoolMalware detection, IT, Malware detection, IT at Kaspersky antivirus schoolComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Summer school of informaticsLomonosov Moscow State University
Russian, English, Japanese
Github Skills (33)
multiarch9
docker-machine8
python8
pandas8
data-structure8
survival-analysis8
data-science7
statistics7
openflow7
data-analysis7
data-structures7
rna-seq7
cox-regression7
exploratory5
genes5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
avkitex/erd
Feb 2016 - Aug 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
BostonGene/MFP
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Mollecular Functional Portraits
Contributions:25 commits, 15 pushes, 3 comments in 10 months
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