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Catalin Barbacioru

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Director, Bioinformatics R&D at Natera
📍 Fremont, California, United States

Catalin is the Director of Bioinformatics at Natera, specializing in algorithm development for genomic data analysis from platforms like NGS and microarrays. His career includes senior roles at Guardant Health, GRAIL, and Illumina, focusing on cancer diagnostics and non-invasive prenatal testing. He holds a PhD from The Ohio State University.

Outside of his professional work, Catalin is an avid adventurer who recently took on the challenge of hiking Mount Kilimanjaro. He organized this expedition with friends from the Bay Areas biotech community, demonstrating a passion for pushing limits and connecting with peers on a personal level.

He recently hiked Mount Kilimanjaro with friends from the biotech community to raise awareness and support for a charitable cause.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Director, Bioinformatics R&D
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Fremont, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Catalin shows up

Assertive
Value Driven
Example Seeker

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Priorities

Topics Catalin cares about

Cancer Diagnostics
His work at Guardant Health, GRAIL, and Natera involves developing novel algorithms and analytical methods using large-scale data to drive innovation in cancer diagnostics.
Genomic Algorithms
A core specialty throughout his career is the design and development of bioinformatics algorithms for microarray, qPCR, and next-generation sequencing platforms.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Director, Bioinformatics R&D
Natera
4-2022 - 2-2025
Director, Bioinformatics
Guardant Health
9-2017 - 4-2022
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Guardant Health
2-2016 - 9-2017
Sr Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics
GRAIL, Inc.
8-2013 - 3-2016
Sr. Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics
Illumina
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Education
1997 - 2001
PhD
The Ohio State University
1993 - 1994
MS
Université libre de Bruxelles
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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