Rajan Ranjeet

Tidke

In his book "Sapiens", Yuval Noah Harari makes a bold claim that in the 21st century, death is no longer a morbid inevitability, but rather a technical problem that can be solved. While realistically it may take humankind several millennia to get rid of this "technical problem", I find it fascinating that the world is making such unprecedented progress in the domain of using computational tools to solve complex biological problems. That is where I come in, a curious learner, a former electrical engineer and a seasoned Consulting professional with 3 years of Data Science experience, looking to put my skills to use in a worthwhile pursuit. 

I am currently pursuing my Master's in Bioinformatics, specializing in the application of Machine Learning and Data Science techniques. I am also working as a Graduate Research assistant in the Plant systems and synthetic biology lab under the mentorship of Dr. Lily Cheung. My current research focusses on deciphering the transportability of amino acids by UMAMIT transporter protein using sequence information and using ML/DL techniques to find patterns in the high dimensional sequence and vector embedding data. 

In my free time you'll find me reading fictions, surfing the internet for the most bizarre topics ranging from astronomy to cultural impacts of mythology, or kickboxing my way out of my frustrations on that poor heavy boxing bag at CRC.