Saranga Wijeratne
Bioinformatics Services Manager
Powell, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaranga Wijeratne is a Bioinformatics Services Manager with 11 years of experience blending software development, systems analysis, and project leadership to deliver production-ready bioinformatics pipelines and services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He progressed through hands-on roles—bioinformatics analyst and software developer—before taking on management, bringing deep practical expertise in Python, R, pipeline engineering, and NGS tooling (Bowtie, BWA, Oxford Nanopore, Illumina). His background building a custom Galaxy instance and experience in large-scale data processing and visualization reflect a pragmatic focus on reproducible, user-friendly research infrastructure. Trained in physics (BSc, MSc), he combines quantitative rigor with bioinformatics domain knowledge, often translating complex sequencing workflows into maintainable software and services for clinical and research teams. An understated strength is his history of integrating open-source tools into institutional platforms, reducing friction between researchers and production analytics.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics at University of PeradeniyaMaster of Science (MS), Physics, Master of Science (MS), Physics at University of Cincinnati
Sinhalese, English
Github Skills (8)
structural-variation6
bioconda5
caller5
fusion5
bioinformatics5
pipeline3
sequencing3
codebase2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wijerasa/bioinformatics-projects
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:28 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
nch-igm/PBFLIP
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 12 pushes, 5 comments in 11 months
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