Pavitra Roychoudhury
Research Assistant Professor at Fred Hutch
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPavitra Roychoudhury is a computational biologist and Research Assistant Professor in Seattle who leverages genomic data and mathematical models to dissect host–pathogen dynamics and viral evolution. With a decade of experience across Fred Hutch and the University of Washington, she has led COVID-19 NGS efforts and translates sequencing pipelines into actionable infectious disease surveillance. Her work spans hands-on lab-to-computational workflows, combining deep statistical modeling with practical genomics operations for public health impact. An academic at heart with a PhD from the University of Idaho and roots in Singaporean research, she bridges international research cultures and operationalizes cutting-edge methods in real-world outbreaks. Notably, she pairs investigator-level science with program leadership, moving fast from data generation to models that inform responses.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, MSc at Nanyang Technological UniversityPhD, PhD at University of IdahoBEng, BEng at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (24)
virus10
next-generation-sequencing9
genome8
sequencing8
bioinformatics7
placement7
genomics7
core-package6
science6
strings4
scheme4
computational-biology4
mutation4
bacteria4
bam3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
proychou/HSV
Sep 2017 - Jun 2023
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
proychou/TargetedMutagenesis
Sep 2017 - Mar 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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