Rakesh Ramachandran
Senior Data Scientist
Johnston, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRakesh Ramachandran is a Senior Data Scientist with 11 years of experience applying machine learning, statistical inference, and molecular modeling to predictive biology and protein design. He has built scalable, production-ready pipelines—using AlphaFold, Kubernetes, PyTorch and RAG techniques—for protein–protein interaction prediction, remote homolog discovery, and automated literature-driven enzyme discovery. His background as a PhD-trained computational biologist and postdoc in cryo-EM gives him deep expertise integrating physical theory, experimental data (cryo-EM, cross-linking) and evolutionary information to extract biological insights. At Corteva he has translated research prototypes into resource-efficient tools that replace heavier AlphaFold workflows, accelerating R&D across host–pathogen interactions and trait discovery. Colocated in Johnston, Iowa, he pairs algorithmic rigor with practical engineering to deliver fast, interpretable solutions for molecular problems.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University HyderabadMaster of Technology (M.Tech.), Bioinformatics, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Bioinformatics at University of Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Github Skills (59)
structural-biology9
convergence9
bioinformatics9
python-bindings9
protein-structure8
clustering8
dynamics8
sampling8
simulation8
folding8
molecular-simulation7
vmd7
python7
modeling7
cuda6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rakeshr10/GROMACSAdaptiveMD
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
BIORAK/learn_cryoem_math
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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