Meet the Team!

Meet some fabulous people who make things happen

Ronak H Shah

👋 Lead Scientist — 💌 [e-mail] — 🇺🇸 New York

Ronak H Shah

Bio

I am responsible for leading a team of Computational Biologists and Bioinformatics Software Engineers who develop, maintain, and operate bioinformatics pipelines and databases in the Center for Molecular Oncology. We also perform collaborative research with other labs and clinicians both within MSKCC and in the broader research community. On a daily basis, we analyze blood samples from patients with tissue-based cancers, using patients’ circulating tumor DNA extracted from blood, avoiding the need for tumor biopsies. More specifically, I lead the team in designing, developing, and implementing software tools for processing and analyzing high throughput, next-generation sequencing data, specifically for liquid biopsy applications (MSK-ACCESS & Clonal Hematopoiesis Panel). Previously in my time as MSK, I helped develop the workflow to analyze MSK-IMACT data for both clinical and research implementation, which is still being used. You can read more about my background here, also here is the link to my google scholar profile

Karthigayini Sivaprakasam

👋 Senior Computational Biologist — 💌 [e-mail] — 🇺🇸 Texas

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Carmelina Charalambous

👋 Computational Biologist — 💌 [e-mail] — 🇺🇸 New York

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I am a Computational Biologist as part of the Center of Molecular Oncology Informatics cfDNA group. I am responsible for the development of new and existing tools, maintaining the cfDNA pipeline, and processing samples for both clinical and research work. Previously, I have worked at the NHS trust Cambridge University Hospitals as a Bioinformatician with primary responsibility for the development of the Hemato-Oncology clinical assay. You can read more about my educational background, work experience, and research interests here and you can access my Linkedin profile.

Eric Buehler

👋 Bioinformatics Engineer II — 💌 [e-mail] — 🇺🇸 New York

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Alyssa Vann

👋 Bioinformatics Engineer IV — 💌 [e-mail] — 🇺🇸 New York

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