Abde Ali Kagalwalla

Abde Ali Kagalwalla has a diverse work experience in the field of bioinformatics and software engineering. Abde Ali is currently working as a Principal Scientist in Bioinformatics at Quantum-Si since June 2023. Prior to this, they had a significant tenure at Illumina, where they held multiple positions, including Senior Staff Bioinformatics Scientist from December 2022 to June 2023, Staff Bioinformatics Scientist from June 2021 to December 2022, and Senior Bioinformatics Scientist from June 2019 to June 2021. Before joining Illumina, Abde worked at Intel Corporation as a Data Scientist and Software Engineer from December 2014 to June 2019. Abde Ali also gained research experience as a Graduate Research Assistant at UCLA from September 2013 to December 2014. Abde's earlier experiences include a software engineering internship at Intel Corporation, a graduate student researcher role at UCLA, a visiting scholar position at Mentor Graphics, and a summer internship at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Abde Ali also worked as an undergraduate summer intern at UC San Diego in 2008. Abde's research interests primarily revolve around utilizing design information to enhance the manufacturability of semiconductor photomasks.

Abde Ali Kagalwalla completed their education with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, where they studied from 2009 to 2014. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, from 2005 to 2009. Abde Ali'shigh school education took place at Campion School, Bhopal, from 1993 to 2005. No specific field of study was mentioned for their high school education.