Akash R.

Akash R. is a skilled professional with a background in computational biology and biotechnology engineering. Akash completed a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Computational Biology from Carnegie Mellon University, achieving a GPA of 3.57. Akash's experience includes an internship at the Indian Institute of Science, where a Python pipeline was successfully implemented to assess the statistical significance of protein-protein docking predictions. Following this, Akash held a significant role as a Software Engineer at Ancestry, leading genomic algorithms and scaling bioinformatics algorithms for the largest consumer DNA database. As a Software Engineering Intern at Ancestry, Akash developed a Java pipeline that significantly reduced insight extraction time and enhanced data security. Currently, Akash works as a Machine Learning Engineer at Meta, focusing on Instagram Ads Delivery and Ranking.