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Basics
Name | Zhuoyan (Skylar) Li |
Label | Current affiliation: Computational Biologist at NYGC |
skylar.zhuoyan.li@gmail.com |
Education
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2019.09 - 2023.05 Bachelor of Science
Columbia University in the City of New York
Biomedical Engineering
- Minor in Art History
- Graduated Cum Laude
- Named Egleston Scholar
Work
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2023.07 - Present New York, NY
Computational Biologist
New York Genome Center, Satija Lab
Developing and maintaining Seurat for single-cell analysis, including functionality for high-resolution whole transcriptome spatial data and integrating machine learning for rapid cell type annotation.
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2022.06 - 2022.08 New York, NY
U.S. Medical Devices Summer Research Associate
AllianceBernstein
Produced a competitive analysis of orthopedic suppliers and developed a web-scraping tool to quantify med-tech corporate management capabilities.
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2022.01 - 2023.05 New York, NY
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Columbia University, Synthetic Biological Systems Lab
Investigated engineered bacterial swarming patterns and developed Transcrobial, a GAN for generating macroscopic bacterial images with under 200 samples.
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2021.05 - 2021.08 Tokyo, Japan
Software Engineering Intern
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Led front-end development of PlayStation Network features, optimized API latency by 25%, and built a UI component library with Storybook.
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2021.04 - 2021.05 Kobe, Japan
R&D Intern
Procter & Gamble
Developed quantitative methods to compare fabric care products and led improvements to internal image analysis methods.
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2021.01 - 2021.03 Tokyo, Japan
Research Assistant
University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Analyzed data on private biotech companies and performed due diligence for biotech investments.
Awards
- 2024/11
Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation Student Scholar
Selected to receive full funding for graduate school tuition and living expenses.
- 2023/05
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia - Social Impact
Awarded for nonprofit work as co-founder of atelier basi, an educational organization providing free college admission support to Japanese high school students from underrepresented areas.
- 2023/05
BME 2023 Senior Design Award, Runner Up
Developed an OPEP device to provide personalized therapy for patients with pulmonary diseases.
- 2023/02
CSC/IMATS Art + Science Competition Finalist
Received stipend to develop an art + tech project for exhibition at Vagelos Computational Science Center at Barnard College, including a final showcase open to the public.
- 2019/08
Masason (SoftBank Ventures) Foundation Scholar
Received full undergraduate tuition and extracurricular funding.
Skills
Programming Languages | |
R | |
Python | |
Java | |
JavaScript/TypeScript | |
MATLAB | |
HTML/CSS | |
Bash |
Frameworks & Libraries | |
React | |
Express.js | |
TensorFlow | |
PyTorch | |
Keras | |
Scikit-learn | |
Snakemake |
Tools | |
Git | |
Docker | |
VS Code | |
AWS | |
Postman | |
Selenium | |
Adobe Illustrator | |
LaTeX | |
ImageJ |
Languages | |
English | |
Japanese | |
Chinese | |
French (in progress!) |