Piyushkumar Mundra

Piyush Mundra is a skilled researcher at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, specializing in the analysis of next-generation sequencing datasets from cancer patients and preclinical models.

With a strong background in machine learning applications to biological datasets, lipidomics, metabolomics, gene-expression variable selection, and network inference methods, Piyush has over 8 years of experience in the field.

His academic journey includes a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Bioprocess Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Chemical Engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Computer Engineering/Bioinformatics from Nanyang Technological University.

Throughout his career, Piyush Mundra has held key positions in prestigious institutions such as being a Senior Research Officer at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, a Computational Biologist at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, a Research Officer at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, and a Project Officer at National Chemical Laboratory.

His research has been instrumental in various studies published in renowned journals like Nature Medicine and Circulation.