Rafael Della Coletta
Data Scientist
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Della Coletta is a data scientist and computational biologist with a decade of experience applying genetics, molecular biology, and big-data analytics to crop improvement and sustainable agriculture. Currently at Corteva Agriscience after completing a PhD in Plant and Microbial Biology at the University of Minnesota, he bridges field-informed intuition—born from helping on his grandfather’s farm in rural Brazil—with rigorous computational approaches to dissect disease resistance and trait variation. His work spans experimental lab techniques and statistical genomics, backed by honors including a University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and a MnDRIVE Global Food Ventures fellowship. Rafael is driven to translate genomic insights into resilient crops that support food security and healthier ecosystems. He combines hands-on breeding and molecular expertise with scalable data pipelines, making him effective at moving discoveries from datasets to the field.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin CitiesUniversity of São Paulo
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (14)
genome10
genomics10
nam10
bioinformatics-analysis10
genome-assembly10
variants9
bioinformatics9
ecology2
reaction2
environmental2
prediction2
systems-biology1
biology1
gis1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rdcoletta/rdcoletta.github.io
Sep 2020 - Mar 2022
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Contributions:18 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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rdcoletta/meffs_networks
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 issue in 7 months
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