Nipun Kakkar

Nipun Kakkar currently serves as a Customer Success Manager and Principal Bioinformatics Scientist at DNAnexus since April 2022. Prior to this role, Nipun held the position of Senior Bioinformatician at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital from July 2015 to April 2022. Additional experience includes a tenure as a Bioinformatics Consultant at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2021, and work as a Startup Mentor at TMC Bioventures from March 2018 to December 2019. Nipun also led analytics as the Head of Analytics at GoodFx between November 2017 and December 2018. Earlier roles encompass serving as a Bioinformatician and Project Manager at the Human Genome Sequencing Center and leading a team as Team Captain for the Houston Tennis Association in 2013. Nipun gained foundational knowledge as a Teaching Assistant at George Mason University and completed a Bioinformatics internship at the J. Craig Venter Institute. Nipun earned a Master of Science degree in Bioinformatics from George Mason University.