`bio`

Michelle Franc Ragsac is a Filipino American bioinformatician based in sunny San Diego, California. When not analyzing genetic data at the command line, Michelle enjoys exploring the food scene in whatever city she’s in or playing with her shiba inu, Yuuki.

Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Scholar studying pediatric asthma in Tiffany Amariuta’s group at the University of California, San Diego Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute.

`education`

University of California, San Diego

Ph.D. Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (Sep 2018–Dec 2022)
B.S. Bioengineering: Bioinformatics (Sep 2013–Sep 2017)

`work`

Empirico - Senior Data Scientist in Data & Engineering, Bioinformatics (Mar 2023–Jun 2024)
Agena Bioscience - Temporary Research Associate in Research & Development, Molecular Tools (Jan 2018–Aug 2018)
Agena Bioscience - Temporary Junior Lab Data Analyst in Applications and Technology Services, Assays by Agena (Sep 2017–Dec 2017)
CS Bio - Summer Intern in Quality Control through the San Mateo Biotechnology Regional Occupational Training Program (ROP) (Jun 2012–Aug 2012)