Victory Yinka-banjo
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolVictory Yinka-banjo is an MIT-trained computational biologist and software engineer beginning a PhD in Computational Biology & Medicine at Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/MSK, with four years of experience building ML-driven tools for molecular and biomedical research. She has combined hands-on lab work (CRISPRoff epigenetic editing, cancer diagnostics) with production-focused software internships at Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Google, where she developed RAG-powered troubleshooting, pipeline visualization, and satellite-backed CO2 validation libraries. At Broad and DeepMind Academy she created deep-learning methods to link cell imaging and GWAS or to validate climate models, and at Illumina she automated data workflows that materially shortened diagnostic turnaround. A leader and educator—former MIT Biotech Group president and lead TA for MIT’s Intro to Deep Learning—she also mentors STEM students across Nigeria and co-created community biotech initiatives like Biolympics. Motivated by long-term impact on Nigerian and African biotechnology, she blends rigorous technical depth with a persistent drive to turn research into scalable, real-world solutions.
3 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Molecular Biology, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Molecular Biology at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWASSCE 2020 (9A1s & Best in Nigeria): Biology- A1; Chemistry-A1; Physics-A1; Mathematics-A1; Further Mathematics-A1; English-A1; Civic Education-A1; Computer Studies- A1; Catering Craft Practice-A1
IGCSE 2019 (All A*s): English - A*; Mathematics- A*; Biology- A*; Chemistry- A*; Physics- A*; Information and Communication Technology- A*, WASSCE 2020 (9A1s & Best in Nigeria): Biology- A1; Chemistry-A1; Physics-A1; Mathematics-A1; Further Mathematics-A1; English-A1; Civic Education-A1; Computer Studies- A1; Catering Craft Practice-A1
IGCSE 2019 (All A*s): English - A*; Mathematics- A*; Biology- A*; Chemistry- A*; Physics- A*; Information and Communication Technology- A* at Princeton Schools, Lagos, NigeriaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology & Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology & Medicine at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
English
Github Skills (9)
music-generation10
computer-vision10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
pytorch10
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
machine-learning8
reward-system4
reward3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vyinkabanjo/CRISPRi_poorKD_genes
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
eddogola/archgen
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 3 months
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