Shiva Kumar

Shiva Kumar possesses extensive experience in data science and research, with a background in bioinformatics and structural biology. Notable roles include serving as a Research Associate at the University of Washington, where more than 1 TB of data was processed to analyze parasite diversity and develop eradication strategies, and as a Senior Associate at KPMG US, focusing on building machine learning pipelines. At Seagen, significant contributions included developing scalable ML pipelines and LLM-based chatbots, while at Pfizer, a return to foundational techniques in Bayesian Optimization was embraced for experimental design. Educationally, Shiva Kumar holds a Bachelor of Technology in Bioinformatics from Vellore Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Structural Biology from the National University of Singapore.