Prashant Kuntala
Ph.D Candidate
Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPrashant Kuntala is a computational systems biology Ph.D. candidate and entrepreneurial researcher with nine years of experience building open-source bioinformatics software, interactive visualizations, and automated NGS workflows. He combines deep domain expertise in epigenomics and regulatory genomics with hands-on engineering across Python, R, Java, JavaScript and packaging ecosystems (PyPI, conda), and has contributed backend recipes to the widely used Bioconda project to make Java-based bioinformatics tools easily installable. At Washington University School of Medicine he studies epigenetic determinants of exceptional human longevity, drawing on prior roles as the go-to developer for multidisciplinary teams at Penn State and Ohio University. Known for designing immersive data-exploration tools and reproducible pipelines, he pairs scientific reasoning with practical software practices to move analyses from prototype to production.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University HyderabadMaster’s Degree (thesis), Computer Science, Master’s Degree (thesis), Computer Science at Ohio UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisHigh School, High School at Johnson Grammar School (I.C.S.E)
English, Telugu, Hindi
Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics10
conda10
bash10
package-management10
java9
javas9
github-ci4
githubaction-workflow4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Sep 2019 - Apr 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 14 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Prashant primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of recipes within the bioconda-recipes repository. They added and updated recipes for bioinformatics tools, specifically focusing on wrapping Java-based tools like Chexmix and Chexalign, and later, sequnwinder, to function within the conda package management system. Their work involved writing shell scripts to manage dependencies, execute the tools, and integrate them into the bioconda ecosystem. The user also kept recipes up-to-date with new versions of these tools.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
PrashantKuntala/restNode
Nov 2018 - Oct 2023
A simple implementation of REST API using Node and Express
Contributions:11 PRs, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
apiexpressjsexpressexpress-jsnodejs
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