Meet the Researcher: Avantika Lal, Discovering Genes, Proteins, and Biological Processes Altered by COVID-19

Originally published at: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/meet-the-researcher-avantika-lal-discovering-genes-proteins-and-biological-processes-altered-by-covid-19/

Dr. Avantika Lal is a deep learning and genomics scientist at NVIDIA and was previously a researcher at Stanford University. She holds a PhD in genomics and is an expert in the genomics of infectious diseases and cancer. At NVIDIA, she develops artificial intelligence techniques to analyze genomic data, and applies these methods to understand…

Working with Avantika, her deep appreciation for science and the desire to push the research envelope is self evident. This Q&A format of discovery has been a great way to learn more about her background along with the current AI research she is leading at NVIDIA. If you have any follow on questions or comments, please let us know.