Sagar Chhangawala

About Sagar Chhangawala

Multi-disciplinary, collaborative and innovative computational biologist with over 10 years of training and professional experience in basic and translational computational research. Strong experience in working with high-dimensional sequencing data that spans multiple fields of biology including genomics, epigenomics, genome editing, cancer, immunology, and machine learning techniques to discover novel insights, proven by the strong publication record. Experienced in building a team of talented scientists and enthusiastic about team work in a collaborative environment.Key Technical Skills:• Experience with building and managing talented team of computational scientists • Familiar with NGS tools including DNA/RNA aligners, SAMtools, BAMtools, GATK and DESeq2• Working knowledge of machine learning, neural networks, statistics, dimensionality reduction and clustering algorithms. • Experience working in Linux, cloud-computing (AWS) and high-performance clusters• Programming Languages: R, Python, Perl, Bash scripting, C++, Java

Experience

1. Director, Computational Biology

   eGenesis

   Jan 2024 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

Education

• Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Biology

  2014 — 2019

• Middlesex College

  Associate Degree, Computer Science (Transfer)

  2006 — 2009

• New York University

  Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics

  2011 — 2012

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioinformatics

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Python
• Unix
• Genomics
• Database Design
• Statistics
• C++
• Database Administration
• Research
• Computer Science
• R
• Bioconductor
• Systems Biology
• Linux
• Dna Sequencing
• Data Analysis
• Samtools
• Data Mining
• Science
• Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Relational Databases
• Computational Biology
• Shell Scripting
• Next Generation Sequencing
• Perl
• Life Sciences