Bioinformatics, Data management, backend development

Niharika Desaraju ********.********@********.*** 669-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/niharika-desaraju EDUCATION

University of

California, Berkeley

B.S. Bioengineering

Minor in Computer Science

Class of 2021

RELEVANT

COURSEWORK

CS61A - Structure and In-

terpretation of Computer

Programs

CS61B - Data Structures

CS61C - Computer Archi-

tecture (Machine Structures)

BioE 110 - Biomedical Phys-

iology

BioE 134 - Genetic Design

Automation

Stat 140 - Probability for

Data Science

CS 189 - Machine Learning

SKILLS

PYTHON C JAVA SQL

GIT DOCKER RESTful

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

SIMD JUPYTER NOTE-

BOOKS NODE JS

BIOPYTHON FSLEYES

FREESURFER AWS

https://github.com/ndesaraju

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research intern, UCSF - Henry Roland Laboratory August 2018- Present

• Using RESTful services to create a web app for physicians and re- searchers to query for and visualize volumetric data.

• Utilized Google Compute Instances to construct a high perfor- mance computing infrastructure to process over 7,000 C2-C3 and C3-C4 PSIR images collected from clinical trials. This pipeline segments the spinal cord and extract volumetric data that will be used to examine the correlation between spinal cord volume and progression of MS.

• Developed a Docker image to run Neeb, a tool that extracts maps of water and myelin content in the brain, on T1 MRI images from clinical trial. Utilized image to build a Flywheel gear, creat- ing an automated pipeline to run this data standardizing protocol on uploaded scans.

• Trained a convolutional neural network on patient T1 MRI scans to produce accurate brain stem binary masks; a technique crucial for precise volumetric analysis of neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients.

Research intern, Berkeley Institute of Data Science August 2018 - Present

• Wrote a script to parse ~3000 DNA enhancer sequences of 25 different species of Drosophila and output a data frame organiz- ing the motif sequences of interest. Packaged the pipeline as a command line tool.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Administrative Assistant & Recruiter, Cal Calling Center February 2018 - June 2020

• Updated Cal’s alumni database with the most recent demograph- ic information for over 500k annual donors, ~80% of the Universi- ty’s annual donor count.

Writer & Head Editor, Berkeley Medical Journal January 2018 - Present

• Mentors 1-2 writers every semester on analyzing scientific papers and composing articles intended for audiences with limited STEM backgrounds.

• Manages the website: issues.berkeley.edu.

Writer, Spoon University August 2019 - Present

• Published 5 articles to assist and inform college-aged students attempting to navigate our campuses and kitchens for the first time.

• https://spoonuniversity.com/author/niharikadesaraju 2

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