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Hari Mellacheruvu

San Francisco,CA

Summary

Reliable and hardworking professional with strong people skills and project experience analyzing complex biological datasets along with patient data. A US Citizen

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Assistant

Stanford Cognitive And Systems Neuroscience Lab
06.2023 - Current
  • Developing convolution and attention based deep learning frameworks to analyze large-scale functional magnetic resonance imaging data
  • Applying explainable AI feature attribution methods to identify relevant brain features for identifying presence of different psychiatric disorders
  • Assisting as scanning technician for Math Longitudinal Study. Duties involve setting up scanning bed, head coil, helping participants enter scanner, and running programs for resting and task designs

Research Assistant

Lab For Translational Genomics And Bioinformatics
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Analyzing DNA methylation and time-event data for liver hepatocellular carcinoma patients obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas to assess methylation signature as a prognostic indicator
  • Building univariate and multivariate regression models to identify genomic loci associated with survival time.
  • Visualizing methylation beta values along with computed patient risk scores to identify whether liver cancer patients could be stratified based on survival time

Volunteer

Science Outreach
09.2018 - 04.2022
  • Introducing biology, chemistry, and physics concepts to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in local elementary schools using 'buzzwords' and analogies
  • Participating in and closely supervising science experiments in collaboration with primary classroom teacher
  • Answering questions that children have about science in a responsible and understandable way

Supplemental Instructor

University Of Southern California, USC
08.2020 - 12.2021
  • Leading weekly review sessions for general chemistry course mainly taken by freshmen
  • Creating worksheets that focus on concept reinforcement and problem solving to help students understand material and prepare for exams
  • Working closely with course instructor to identify concepts and problems that should be given more focus

Education

Master of Science - Quantitative And Computational Biology

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Quantitative Biology

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
05.2022

Timeline

Research Assistant

Stanford Cognitive And Systems Neuroscience Lab
06.2023 - Current

Research Assistant

Lab For Translational Genomics And Bioinformatics
06.2022 - 08.2022

Supplemental Instructor

University Of Southern California, USC
08.2020 - 12.2021

Volunteer

Science Outreach
09.2018 - 04.2022

Master of Science - Quantitative And Computational Biology

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science - Quantitative Biology

University of Southern California
Hari Mellacheruvu