About me

Hello there and welcome to my humble abode! I'm a computational biology researcher born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and from Pennsylvania, USA. I am interested in AI/ML, genomics, data analysis, optimization, automation, and (bio)tech, turning complex problems into simple, beautiful and intuitive solutions.

I graduated from the Princeton University Class of 2024 as a Molecular Biology major with minors in Computer Science and Neuroscience. I've always been drawn to and enjoyed working in the intersection of medicine, lab discovery, and computational innovation. I am skilled in Python (NumPy, Pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow), Java, HTML, CSS, JS, C#/C++, R, and shell scripting. Over the years, I've built and developed several novel bioinformatics tools and contributed to open-source projects on GitHub.

My Goals: I am passionate about applying machine learning to accelerate genomics research. In Fall 2025, I plan to matriculate into medical school to translate these computational insights into better patient outcomes in and out of the clinic.

What I'm Doing

  • immunology

    Pediatric Oncology Research

    Developing human cancer cell-line and exploring high-throughput DNA/RNA-seq data analysis pipelines.

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    ML Model Development

    Developing RNN/LSTM architectures for sequential biological data — leveraging PyTorch and TensorFlow.

  • genetics

    Bioinformatics Analysis

    Expanding expertise in DNA and RNA sequencing workflows and related computational genomics tools.

  • neurology

    Thesis in Neuroscience

    Investigated how upregulation of norepinephrine affects learning and autism-related behaviors in mice.

Who & Where I Am

Coding Skills
Pennsylvania, USA (UTC -04:00)
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Lemoyne, PA
Fremont, CA
Princeton, NJ
Boston, MA
~125,900 mi flown · 45 flights · ~5.1× around Earth

Resume

Education

  1. Princeton University

    2020 — 2024

    A.B. in Molecular Biology, Minors in Computer Science & Neuroscience
    • Graduated with senior thesis on the effects of the neuromodulation of norepinephrine input into the cerebellum on learning, memory, and autism-related behaviors.

  2. Cedar Cliff High School

    2016 — 2020

    High School Diploma

Experience

  1. Bioinformatician and Researcher

    @ Penn State College of Medicine

    2024 — Present

    • Lead pediatric oncology lab work for the Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium.
    • Develop genomic analysis pipelines for DNA and RNA sequencing.
    • Perform statistical and computational analyses for publications.

  2. Senior Thesis Research

    @ Princeton University

    2022 — 2024

    • Designed and ran an optogenetics + eyeblink-conditioning study in mice.
    • Processed behavioral video data with OpenCV to quantify learning effects.
    • Analyzed data with Python to include statistical tests.

  3. Cancer Molecular Biology Internship

    @ Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School

    Summer 2022

    • Studied m3C tRNA modification in cancer metastasis and mitochondrial biogenesis.
    • Winner of BCMP Scholars Book Award for Leadership.

  4. Neuroscience Research Lab Researcher

    @ Penn State College of Medicine

    2018 — 2021

    • Executed stem-cell and viral‐vector experiments in Parkinson’s research.
    • Authored multiple manuscripts.

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