Zhang Cheng
Director Of Bioinformatics
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhang Cheng is a Director of Data Science and bioinformatics leader with 15+ years translating multi-omics and single-cell genomics into scalable data products for cell therapy and immunology. He currently steers bioinformatics and AI/ML efforts at Sonoma Biotherapeutics to accelerate CAR-Treg discovery and clinical manufacturing, having built company-wide CMC data portals and automated ETL/NGS pipelines deployed on Docker/Kubernetes and AWS. His background spans academia and industry—from developing LIMS and Nextflow-driven NGS workflows at UCSD to delivering customer-facing cloud genomics apps at Illumina—combining deep computational biology with production-grade engineering. A proven team builder and mentor, he leads cross-functional squads to produce reproducible analytics, CI/CD pipelines, and data infrastructure that supports regulatory and clinical needs. Certified in Scrum, AWS, and ML, he pairs a systems-thinking INTJ-A mindset with hands-on skills in Python, R, Next.js, and modern orchestration tools. Beyond publications and citations, he’s notable for turning complex lab assays into interactive, auditable platforms that accelerate decision-making across discovery-to-manufacturing pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics at Nanjing UniversitymicroMBA, microMBA at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management
English, Chinese
Github Skills (26)
gitbook9
seq9
markdown7
bioinformatics7
gene-expression7
rna-seq7
genomics6
documentation6
pipeline6
toolchain5
transcriptomics5
chip-seq5
git5
assembly4
azerothcore3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
epigen-UCSD/atac_seq_pipeline
Oct 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 releases, 98 commits, 89 pushes in 3 years 2 months
biomystery/pred_next_word_app
Jan 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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