Chirag Lakhani

Chirag Lakhani is a Research Scientist at the New York Genome Center, focusing on the application of machine learning and statistical genetics to investigate genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease since January 2021. Previous experience includes serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, contributing to the PIC-SURE initiative, and working as a Data Scientist at HelloWallet and Zaloni, where leadership in data science initiatives and the development of machine learning solutions for diverse client needs were key responsibilities. Early career roles involved independent research on manifold learning techniques and topological methods in machine learning at Duke University and as a Postdoctoral Associate at North Carolina State University, respectively. Lakhani possesses a B.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from North Carolina State University.