Chen Yang

Chen Yang is a bioinformatician and AI scientist with over 8 years of experience in academia. They completed a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from The University of British Columbia and have held multiple research and teaching roles, including as a Postdoctoral Researcher at BC Cancer and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at UBC. Currently, they work as an Applied Scientist at Amazon, applying their expertise in machine learning, data science, and algorithm design. Chen has a strong track record in scientific writing and presentations, having developed significant projects such as the first Oxford Nanopore sequencing read simulator and a transcript completeness assessment pipeline.