Tom Brettin
Senior Scientist - At Large at University of Chicago
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Brettin is a Senior Scientist and strategic program leader with 12+ years integrating AI, high-performance computing, and genomics to accelerate drug discovery and cancer research. He designs and leads cross-institutional teams and large-funded portfolios, translating deep learning research—ranging from tumor drug-response models to protein-ligand docking and agentic systems—into scalable scientific software and HPC deployments. His career blends hands-on technical work at national labs and research institutions with program-level fiscal stewardship and industry partnerships exploring next-generation accelerators. Tom’s background in biochemistry and plant genetics, paired with continuing education in software architecture and engineering, gives him an uncommon ability to bridge wet-lab biology and production-grade computational systems. He’s known for building distributed bioinformatics infrastructure and for steering collaborative projects that turn complex genomic data into actionable biomedical insight. Based in the Chicago area, he brings a pragmatic, interdisciplinary approach to advancing AI-driven biomedical discovery.
12 years of coding experience
Continuing Education, Software Engineering Practices, Software Engineering, Continuing Education, Software Engineering Practices, Software Engineering at Texas A&M UniversityContinuing Education, Compter Science, Continuing Education, Compter Science at Boston UniversityContinuing Education, Computer Science, Continuing Education, Computer Science at Framingham State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry at Michigan State UniversityContinuing Education, Computer Science, Continuing Education, Computer Science at The University of New MexicoContinuing Education, Software System Architecture, Continuing Education, Software System Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (18)
benchmark10
genome7
genome-assembly6
bioinformatics5
genomics5
singularity5
assembly5
machine-learning4
extensible3
documentation3
python2
microservices2
kubernetes1
genome-annotation1
modeling1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
brettin/candle_tutorials
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:40 commits in 8 months
brettin/vagrant_builds
Jun 2014 - Oct 2019
Contributions:138 commits in 5 years 4 months
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