Tissue fibrosis associated depletion of lipidāfilled cells
A Jussila, B Zhang, S Kirti, R Atit. (2010). "Tissue fibrosis associated depletion of lipidāfilled cells." Wiley Experimental Dermatology. 1(2).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, Bioinformatics | University of California, Los Angeles / Los Angeles, CA | Sep 2025 - PRESENT
GPA: ā
BA, Computer Science | Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland, OH | Aug 2019 - May 2023
GPA: 3.82
Experience
Computational Associate | The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard / Cambridge, MA
July 2023 - July 2025
Computer Vision, Drug Discovery, Representation Learning, Methods Development, Cardiovascular Disease, Google Cloud Platform
Junior Machine Learning Engineer | Trustlogix / Mountain View, CA
Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
Large Language Models, Database Security, Agentic Workflows, Amazon Web Services
Undergraduate Researcher | Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland, OH
Nov 2019 - May 2023
Beckman Scholars Program, Computer Vision, Image Pipeline Development, Cell Shape Analysis, Applied Machine Learning
Undergraduate Researcher | Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics / Cleveland, OH
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
Research Ethics, Convolutional Neural Networks, High Performance Computing
Machine Learning Engineer Intern | Surgo Ventures / Washington, DC
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Bayesian Networks, Probabilistic Models, Amazon Web Services, R, Python, Regression Models
Data Engineering Intern | Edifice Analytics / Cleveland, OH
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Applied Machine Learning, Hadoop, Apache Spark
Research Intern | Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford, CA
Aug 2018 - Aug 2019
in-situ hybridizations, scRNA-seq
Funding
Beckman Scholarās Program | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Dec 2019 - May 2023
$21,000 research grant supporting undergraduate research projects
Honors and Awards
Junior-Senior Scholarship | Case Alumni Association | Aug 2021 - May 2023
$2,000 award for students with professional promise
Highest Achieving Sophomore | Case Western Reserve University | May 2020
Maintaining GPA of 4.0 through first two years
University Scholarship | Case Western Reserve University | Aug 2019 - May 2023
$80,000 merit-based scholarship
Best Undergraduate Poster | Society for Developmental Biology | Oct 2019
Exceptional Poster Presentation at SDB regional conference
Deanās High Honors | Case Western Reserve University | Dec 2019 - May 2023
Maintaining GPA > 3.75
Teaching
Teaching Assistant | Dr. Vipin Chaudhary | April 2023 - May 2023
Introduction to Machine Learning for Industry Professionals
Publications
Skin fibrosis and recovery is dependent on Wnt activation via DPP4
A Jussila, B Zhang, E Caves, S Kirti, M Steele, E Hamburg-Shields, J Lydon, Y Ying, R Lafyatis, S Rajagopalan, V Horsley, R P Atit. (2022). "Skin fibrosis and recovery is dependent on Wnt activation via DPP4." Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 142(6).
How Machine Learning Will Change Our World: How Machine Learning Can Make Life Easier-And a Bit More Complicated
S Kirti. (2022). "How Machine Learning Will Change Our World: How Machine Learning Can Make Life Easier-And a Bit More Complicated." The Synapse: Intercollegiate Science Magazine. 30(1).
Avian auditory hair cell regeneration is accompanied by JAK/STAT-dependent expression of immune-related genes in supporting cells
A Janesick, M Scheibinger, N Benkafadar, S Kirti, S Heller. (2022). "Avian auditory hair cell regeneration is accompanied by JAK/STAT-dependent expression of immune-related genes in supporting cells." Development. 149(8).
Cell-type identity of the avian cochlea
A Janesick, M Scheibinger, N Benkafadar, S Kirti, DC Ellwanger, S Heller. (2021). "Cell-type identity of the avian cochlea." Cell Reports. 34(12)
Talks
Contrack: A High-Throughput Contractility Screening Platform for 3D Human Cardiac Microtissues
Poster at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Il, USA
A High-Throughput Contractility Assay for Human Cardiac Organoids: a Translational Platform for Cardiomyopathy and Drug Discovery
Poster at Mass General Brigham Gene and Cell Therapy Institute Symposium, Boston, MA, USA
DPP-IV mediates Wnt-stimulated dermal fibrosis
Poster at Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Annual Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
DPP-IV mediates Wnt-stimulated dermal fibrosis
Symposium talk at Case Western Reserve University Annual SOURCE Symposium, Cleveland, OH, USA
Ototoxic Damage Induces Interferon Signaling in Chicken Cochlear Epithelial Stem Cells
Poster at Society of Developmental Biology, Cleveland, OH, USA