Richard Bankoff
Biological Data Manager
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Bankoff is a Biological Data Manager and social scientist with a decade of experience building bioinformatic pipelines, managing large datasets, and translating complex ecological and genomic analyses into actionable insights. With a Ph.D. in Anthropology & Bioethics from Penn State, he blends quantitative skills in big-data management and geospatial analysis with qualitative methods from ethnography and field research. His work spans conservation policy impact studies in Madagascar, environmental and archaeological GIS in Iceland, and hands-on genomics training and mentorship in academic labs. As Managing Partner at ComplexityNexus LLC and current data lead at Stony Brook University, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with institutional research rigor. Colleagues value his ability to navigate interdisciplinary teams and ethical dimensions of biological data—skills born of both lab bench experience and extended fieldwork.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology and Bioethics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology and Bioethics at Penn State UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstNYS High School Diploma, NYS High School Diploma at Rambam Mesivta
hebrew (intermediate proficiency), betsimisaraka malagasy
Github Skills (1)
assembly6
Github contributions (4)
RBankoff/General_formatting_scripts
Mar 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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