Pandurang Kolekar
Lead Computational Research Scientist
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolPandurang Kolekar is a Lead Computational Research Scientist and genomic data scientist with a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and over a decade of experience building and validating NGS and multi-omics analysis pipelines for clinical and research settings. He has led clinical bioinformatics efforts at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, developing sensitive cohort-level variant detection, dashboards, web services, and production-ready software (Python/R/Perl/Shell) to support diagnostic reporting. His work spans algorithm development, single-cell and bulk multi-omics integration, and tracking clonal evolution in pediatric tumors, bringing research-grade methods into robust clinical workflows. Prior roles at Thermo Fisher and Strand Life Sciences honed his product-focused engineering for commercial targeted gene panel design and interpretation. He pairs deep computational rigor with an executive MBA perspective, enabling cross-functional leadership between science, engineering, and healthcare operations. A lesser-known thread in his career is founding an academic social venture to democratize bioinformatics education, reflecting a long-standing commitment to capacity building in the field.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities, High School Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities at Vidya Pratishthan's Marathi Medium School, Vidyanagari, BaramatiDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics at Bioinformatics Centre, University of PuneBachelor of Science (BSc) Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biotechnology at Vidya Pratishthan's School of BiotechnologyHigher Seconday Certification (HSC) Sciences (Physics Chemistry Mathematics and Biology), Higher Seconday Certification (HSC) Sciences (Physics Chemistry Mathematics and Biology) at Vidya Pratishthan's Arts, Science and Commerce College, Vidyanagari, BaramatiExecutive MBA, Executive MBA at thePower
English, Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
ncbi7
treeview7
tree-structure6
development-environment5
phylogenetics5
minhash5
ide5
bam5
r-package5
genome5
visualization4
taxonomy4
bioinformatics4
rstudio4
api4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pandurang-kolekar/tutorial-template
Sep 2017 - Jan 2023
Template for Creating Hands-on Tutorial
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 5 years 5 months
pandurang-kolekar/rtd-phylogeny
Sep 2017 - Jun 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 4 years 10 months
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