Raghavendra Padmanabhan

Raghavendra Padmanabhan is a seasoned professional in bioinformatics, currently serving as a Staff Scientist at BD since April 2022. Prior to this role, Raghavendra worked as a Bioinformatics Engineer at Invitae, where contributions included developing a program to track clinically relevant samples for research purposes. Raghavendra's experience at QIAGEN as a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer involved software development for next-generation sequencing and digital PCR assays, along with various omic analyses. Earlier career highlights include work at Columbia University Medical Center as a Bioinformatician, and contributions as a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology. Raghavendra holds a Master’s degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University and has dual Master’s degrees in Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences, along with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.