Karatuğ Ozan Bircan

Karatuğ Ozan Bircan is a bioinformatician developer currently engaged in GWAS Catalog development at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) since October 2023. Previous experience includes a role as a Senior Software Engineer at Alvin, with a focus on integrations involving Hive and AWS technologies from January 2022 to August 2023. Karatuğ also served as a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer and Team Lead at SelfDecode, overseeing projects related to risk assessments and DNA wellness reports from June 2020 to January 2022. Earlier roles as a Software Engineer at Siemens and TÜBİTAK BİLGEM involved developing applications for secure cloud storage and other remote connect solutions. Karatuğ's career began at Accenture Industrial Software Solutions, focusing on various software projects. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Mathematics from Koç University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the same institution, alongside partial completion of a PhD at Indiana University Bloomington.