Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Ph.D.
About Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Ph.D.
Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Ph.D., serves as a Principal Scientist at DNAnexus Research Lab, where he specializes in bioinformatics and genomics. He has a diverse academic and professional background, including roles at Penn State University and DNAnexus, and has contributed to various prestigious journals in the field.
Current Role at DNAnexus
Arkarachai Fungtammasan serves as a Principal Scientist at DNAnexus Research Lab. He has held this position since 2021 and works remotely. In this role, he co-manages the internal training series, which focuses on the professional development of colleagues. His work involves developing recommendations for large-scale data processing, particularly in genomics and machine learning, utilizing UK Biobank data.
Previous Experience at DNAnexus
Prior to his current role, Fungtammasan worked at DNAnexus in various capacities. He served as a Senior Computational Biology Scientist from 2019 to 2021 and as a Scientist from 2015 to 2019. His tenure at DNAnexus included transforming bioinformatics pipelines from high-performance computing clusters to cloud environments, which improved tool efficiency through parallelization and maintained code in internal GitHub repositories.
Academic Background
Fungtammasan has a robust academic background in the life sciences. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioinformatics and Genomics from Penn State University, completing his studies from 2009 to 2016. He also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Integrative Bioscience from Penn State University, achieved between 2009 and 2012, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biology with a distinction from Mahidol University, completed in 2008.
Research and Teaching Experience
Fungtammasan has extensive research and teaching experience. He worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Penn State University from 2009 to 2015 and as a Teaching Assistant for a brief period in 2015. Additionally, he served as a Laboratory Instructor in 2012. His early career included a role as a Research Assistant at the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand from 2008 to 2009.
Professional Contributions and Publications
Fungtammasan is an active contributor to the scientific community. He has served as a reviewer for several prestigious journals, including Nucleic Acid Research, Bioinformatics, Genome Biology and Evolution, and Human Mutation, with a focus on short tandem repeats. His expertise in bioinformatics and genomics has led to significant contributions in the field, particularly in the area of data processing and analysis.