Solaiappan Manimaran
Associate Director Biostatistics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSolaiappan Manimaran is an Associate Director of Biostatistics based in Boston with a PhD and over a decade of industry experience bridging biostatistics, software engineering, and business strategy. He has led statistical programs across pharma and CRO settings at Merck and Acceleron, translating complex scientific questions into regulatory-ready analyses that support commercial goals. His background uniquely combines deep statistical training with prior senior software engineering roles and an MBA, enabling pragmatic solutions that integrate data systems, analysis pipelines, and cross-functional stakeholder needs. Known for managing end-to-end projects, he excels at synthesizing diverse inputs—from computational methods to business priorities—into clear, actionable inference. An experienced US-authorized leader, he brings both technical rigor and product-minded judgment to clinical development decisions.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
M.E. (Int) Computer Science and Engineering, M.E. (Int) Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)MBA Finance Marketing, MBA Finance Marketing at University of Connecticut School of BusinessB.Sc(Hons) Mathematics, B.Sc(Hons) Mathematics at Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics at Boston University
Tamil
Github Skills (9)
bioinformatics10
bacteria10
sequencing10
pipeline9
genomics9
infectious-diseases9
batch9
python8
bioconductor3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PathoScope/PathoScope
May 2015 - Feb 2019
Pathoscope: Species identification and strain attribution with unassembled sequencing data
Contributions:1 release, 17 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 9 months
bacteriastrainsequencing-datasequencinggenomics
mani2012/BatchQC
Mar 2015 - Oct 2020
Provides Quality Control of sequencing samples by deducing if there is batch effect and adjusts for it.
Contributions:291 commits, 10 PRs, 233 pushes in 5 years 8 months
quality-controlpipelinebatchsequencingbioinformatics
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