PhD ML Scientist | Protein Language Models & LLMs | 9+ Years in Deep Learning, NLP & Bioinformatics | PyTorch

Machine Learning Scientist with 9+ years of experience specializing in protein language models (ESM-2, ProtT5, Ankh) and NLP. PhD researcher who developed SOTA frameworks for protein classification achieving 98% accuracy and improved existing methods by 12%. Experienced in fine-tuning LLMs, implementing LoRA, and optimizing model performance. Industry experience at Zapata AI working on tensorized GPT-2 models and drug discovery systems. Strong background in MLOps and model optimization, reducing training time by 30% while improving performance. Looking for senior roles where I can leverage my expertise in AI for computational biology and drug discovery.