Raktim Mitra
Postdoctoral Scholar at Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolRaktim 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 CaliforniaIndian Institute of Technology KanpurHigh School, High School at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,Narendrapur
Hindi, Bengali, English, French
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Github Skills (46)
encoder9
protein-design9
pytorch-geometric9
foundation-models9
backpropagation8
blockchain8
segwit8
ode-solver8
bitcoin8
java8
slack-bot8
bip328
geometric-deep-learning7
pytorch7
slack-api7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
timkartar/timkartar.github.io
May 2017 - Apr 2024
Contributions:52 pushes, 5 branches, 1 comment in 6 years 11 months
timkartar/DeepPBS
Aug 2023 - Sep 2025
Geometric deep learning of protein–DNA binding specificity
Contributions:6 releases, 63 pushes, 5 tags in 2 years 1 month
geometric-deep-learningp53protein-designpythonpytorch
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