Dan Averbuj

Dan Averbuj is a skilled bioinformatician with extensive experience in various research and analytical roles. Currently working at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine since January 2022, Dan previously served as a Bioinformatics Applications Scientist at Illumina, where responsibilities included providing technical support for bioinformatics data analysis software. Dan also contributed to the development of innovative bioinformatics tools as a Graduate Researcher at the Gleeson Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Disease, notably creating CHONK, a structural variant caller that employs machine learning. Early career experience includes managing databases and analyzing data for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and leading research projects as an Undergraduate Student Researcher at Ruttenberg Laboratory. Dan holds a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from San Diego State University and a Bachelor's of Science in Biology from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.