Wei Li
Associate Professor
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWei Li is an associate professor and computational biologist with 14 years of experience designing algorithms at the intersection of AI, gene editing, and next-generation sequencing for pediatric disease and cancer. He developed widely adopted CRISPR screening analysis tools (100k+ downloads, ~2000 citations) and builds machine learning/deep learning models for Cas9/Cas13 and base editors, as well as RNA-seq assembly methods. His work spans method development and close wet-lab collaboration to elucidate functions of genes and noncoding elements in cancer, viral infection, and pediatric disorders. Trained as a computer scientist (Ph.D., UC Riverside) with postdoctoral and research fellowships at Harvard and Dana-Farber, he blends rigorous algorithmic design with practical translational impact in clinical genomics. An uncommon strength is his track record of shipping both foundational open-source tools and predictive models that are routinely used by experimentalists.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Computer Science, Ph.D, Computer Science at University of California, RiversideMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
bioinformatics10
databases10
conda10
genomics10
genome10
package-management10
bioconda10
seq9
rna-seq8
gpt3
ncbi1
taxonomy1
bam1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
davidliwei/awesome-CRISPR
Feb 2019 - Mar 2022
List of software/websites/databases/other stuff for genome engineering
Contributions:77 commits, 36 PRs, 82 pushes in 3 years 1 month
crispr-cas9crisprgenomecrispr-analysisgenomics
davidliwei/rnaseqmut
Sep 2013 - Aug 2021
Contributions:19 commits, 22 pushes, 1 comment in 8 years
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