Summary
Raktim Mitra is a computational biologist and machine learning researcher with a decade of experience bridging computer science and protein design. After earning a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and completing a PhD in Computational Biology at USC, he moved into postdoctoral work at the Institute for Protein Design, UW, applying ML and data-science methods to biological problems. His background includes research internships at Max Planck and IISc and hands-on teaching and mentoring roles, reflecting both technical depth and commitment to training the next generation. He combines strong theoretical grounding with practical experience in bioinformatics, algorithm development, and experimental collaboration, often translating computational models into lab-ready hypotheses. Colleagues describe him as an eager learner driven by impact—pursuing projects that aim to do good for humanity through computationally guided protein engineering.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at University of Southern California
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
High School, High School at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,Narendrapur
Hindi, Bengali, English, French