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Dhananjay Bhaskar is a Research Fellow in the Department of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His research integrates topological data analysis, machine learning, and mathematical modeling to address problems in biophysics and biomedical research. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Sc.M. in Data Science from Brown University, and degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia. His work spans applications such as immune response analysis, epidermal regeneration, IVF embryo selection, and cancer cell migration.
Education: PhD Brown University (2021), ScM Data Science (2021), MSc Applied Mathematics (2017, UBC), BSc Computer Science (2015, UBC).
Research interests focus on leveraging interdisciplinary methods to understand complex biological systems. Key areas include topological analysis of single-cell data, machine learning for medical diagnostics, and computational modeling of cellular dynamics. His work on glial scar formation and calcium signaling in epidermis regeneration has advanced understanding of tissue repair mechanisms.
Notable recognition includes the 2024 Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project on neuroenergetic principles in C. elegans neural circuitry. Collaborations include work with Smita Krishnaswamy on immune response prediction and Valentina Greco on epithelial regeneration.
Publications highlight contributions across neuroscience, immunology, and cell biology, with recent focus on multimodal AI for psychiatry and geometric scattering methods for molecular analysis.
