Zili Gao

Zili Gao is a skilled bioinformatician currently employed at Ask Mendel AI, with concurrent experience as a Data Engineer Fellow at Jigsaw Labs. Zili has a strong background in data engineering gained through a project-based course and previous roles, including a Data Engineer position at Overtone, where Zili designed a comprehensive data pipeline architecture and managed data on Google Cloud Platform. Prior roles include managing advanced spectroscopic analysis at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate focusing on cancer research at Sanford Health. Zili possesses extensive expertise in data analysis tools and methodologies, holding a PhD in Food Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Bachelor's degree in Food Science from Southwest University.