Amanda Komuro

About Amanda Komuro

I have over 9 years’ experience working with data ranging from behavioral assessments of sensory perception to whole genome sequencing, and combining them to address difficult questions in human neuroscience. My passion for data science is a natural extension of my intense drive to be useful. It pushed me through a PhD in translational research and into exciting side projects with an enthusiastic “Sure, I’d love to help with that! What does your data look like?”My stand-out skill is communicating science to a range of audiences - beyond “best talk\" awards at conferences, my ability to convey results and their impact has earned grant funding and one of the few non-director slots in the speaker list during our institute’s biannual external review. Check out the link below for my interview with Ira Flatow on public radio’s Science Friday. As a collaborator, I’ve co-authored publications with genetic counselors and paleoanthropologists, psychologists and geneticists across Europe and America - relationships that started with an interest in their work and what they saw as the pressing questions in their field.

Experience

1. Data Scientist

   Apple

   Apr 2022 — Present · Culver City, CA, US

Education

• Case Western Reserve University

  PhD, Molecular Medicine

  2009 — 2014

• Albion College

  BA, Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Science Communication
• Scientific Writing
• Pcr
• Large-Scale Data Analysis
• Mouse Models
• Whole Exome Sequencing Analysis
• Genetics
• Neuroscience
• Western Blotting
• Biology
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Research
• Behavior Analysis
• Immunohistochemistry
• Mentoring
• Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis
• Statistics
• Troubleshooting
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Animal Behavior
• Rnaseq
• Grant Writing
• R
• Data Analysis
• Experimental Design