Sarkhan Badirli
Co-Founder at Glacies Biome
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolSarkhan Badirli is a Co-Founder and senior AI researcher with nine years of experience applying generative and predictive ML to drug discovery and precision health. Based in Palo Alto, he combines a PhD-level research background from Purdue and an MSc in applied mathematics from ETH Zurich with hands-on industry work at Eli Lilly accelerating AI-Driven Drug Discovery. He recently co-founded Glacies Biome to build precision skincare powered by microbiomics and AI, translating multi-modal biological signals into actionable products. Sarkhan’s trajectory blends academic rigor, product-first startup thinking, and prior analytics roles in finance, giving him uncommon fluency in both modeling uncertainty and delivering customer-facing solutions. He’s particularly interested in generative approaches that bridge messy biological data and predictive, clinically relevant insights.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics at Middle East Technical UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Purdue UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Applied Mathematics/ Application area: Finance, Master of Science (MSc) Applied Mathematics/ Application area: Finance at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich(ETH)
English, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Russian
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Github contributions (5)
sbadirli/GrowNet
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:72 commits, 9 comments, 1 issue in 1 month
sbadirli/Fine-Grained-ZSL-with-DNA
Jun 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:62 commits, 15 pushes, 3 comments in 10 months
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