Songjun Xu
Associate Director
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSongjun Xu is an Associate Director and computational biologist with nine years of experience translating genomics, proteomics, and single-cell data into actionable insights for drug discovery and clinical strategy. He has led oncology-focused data science programs that proposed novel drug candidates, improved predictive accuracy using transformer-based deep learning, and optimized trial designs across multiple solid tumor studies. His work spans target discovery, safety risk modeling, and biomarker identification, informed by a strong academic track record including a Penn postdoc and a PhD in Human Genetics. Comfortable operating in matrixed pharmaceutical environments, he combines hands-on pipeline development and algorithm design with stakeholder-facing communication to drive milestone decisions. A practical innovator, he pairs wet-lab understanding (CRISPR and epigenetics) with scalable computational frameworks to shorten translational timelines.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Genetics and Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Genetics and Genomics at Drexel UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science - BS Bioinformatics at Huazhong University of Science and Technologypostdoc Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, postdoc Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
homesettler/wordol
Feb 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:41 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
homesettler/NJU-compiler
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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