Jacob Pritt

Jacob Pritt combines academic excellence and practical expertise in computational biology, holding a PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from Harvard University. As a Graduate Research Assistant at Johns Hopkins, he specialized in developing tools for analyzing large datasets and improving system scalability. His notable contributions include co-creating the "Algorithms for DNA Sequencing" course with Professor Ben Langmead, which is part of the Genomic Data Science Specialization. His research work has garnered 153 citations8, and he currently serves as Lead Computational Scientist at Mimetics1, where he applies his expertise in computational methods and DNA sequencing algorithms.