Vivek Krishnakumar
Senior Staff Bioinformatics Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolVivek Krishnakumar is a Senior Staff Bioinformatics Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently leading verification and validation efforts for Illumina's RUO software from San Diego. He blends rigorous software testing practices with domain expertise in genomics, ensuring research-grade tools meet regulatory and scientific expectations. An active contributor to bioinformatics open source—most notably enhancing features in the jcvi Python library for genome assembly, annotation, and taxonomy—he brings practical back-end development experience to complex bioinformatics pipelines. With an M.S. from Indiana University Bloomington and a B.Tech., he pairs strong academic grounding with a pragmatic focus on reliable, auditable software delivery for life sciences.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at SRM UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) at Indiana University Bloomington
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Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics10
python10
genome-assembly10
ff9
gf9
genomics9
gff9
biopython8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tanghaibao/jcvi
Jul 2011 - Feb 2019
Python library to facilitate genome assembly, annotation, and comparative genomics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:243 commits, 2 PRs, 64 pushes in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Vivek primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Python library `jcvi`, specifically focusing on bioinformatics applications related to genome assembly, annotation, and comparative genomics. The commits demonstrate a focus on adding new features such as download formats and database options for the `entrez` application. The user also worked on functionalities in the `taxonomy` module, developing features related to plant origin identification and error handling. The user's code changes included implementing and modifying the existing codebase to meet the project's requirements.
genomepythoncomparative-genomicsbioinformaticssequence-alignments
jcvi-plant-genomics/intermine
Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 96 pushes, 35 branches in 2 years
interminegenomewarehousedatabasedata-warehouse
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