Ben (Yuan) Zhao
Login to view DISC.Ben is the Director of Bioinformatics Engineering at GeneDx, specializing in the application of machine learning and computational biology to pioneer gene therapies for rare diseases. His background includes a PhD from UC San Diego and extensive experience leading AI/ML and data science teams at Encoded Therapeutics.
Outside of his primary role, Ben is the founder of Iluvatar Labs, a name that suggests a personal interest in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also an active contributor to the open-source community, working on projects to make machine learning inference faster and more accessible.
He holds multiple patents for developing innovative constructs to improve the safety and specificity of gene therapies.
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