Gajula Raviteja

Bioinformatician with over 3 years of experience in delivering end-to-end bioinformatics solutions across multi-omics domains, including genomics (WES/WGS), metagenomics (16S and shotgun), transcriptomics, and computational biology. Proven expertise in developing, validating, and maintaining production-grade NGS pipelines for high-throughput sequencing data analysis in clinical and research areas. Skilled in analyzing large-scale Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing datasets and building scalable, reproducible workflows using Nextflow, Python, R, and Bash within Linux/HPC environments.

Experienced in workflow automation, pipeline optimization, and translating complex biological data into actionable insights, with a strong focus on accuracy, reproducibility, scalability, and enabling efficient processing, interpretation, and integration of complex biological datasets to support research, diagnostics, and precision medicine initiatives.

Bioinformatician - AIG Hospitals Hyd - Hyderabad

(2026-01)

• Developed and maintained scalable bioinformatics pipelines for genomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics data analysis in Linux/HPC environments.
• Performed end-to-end analysis of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing datasets, including WGS, shotgun metagenomics, 16S rRNA, and ITS sequencing.
• Implemented and automated reproducible bioinformatics workflows using Bash, Nextflow, Conda, and Docker, improving analysis efficiency and reproducibility.
• Conducted microbiome analyses across diverse sample types, including stool, biopsy, saliva, tears, and skin and Blood samples, supporting clinical and translational research studies.
• Developed and executed read-based and assembly-based shotgun metagenomics workflows, and performed reference-based, de novo, and hybrid genome assembly analyses for whole-genome sequencing projects.
• Collaborated closely with clinicians and research scientists to translate sequencing data into actionable biological insights, while mentoring junior bioinformaticians in NGS analysis and workflow development.

Bioinformatics Analyst - Progenics laboratories Pvt Ltd - Hyderabad

(2024-04 - 2025-12)

Promoted from Junior Bioinformatician based on performance and technical contributions.

• Developed, maintained, and optimized automated end-to-end Germline (WES) and Somatic NGS and CNV pipelines, enabling scalable and reproducible clinical genomics analysis.
• Performed comprehensive analysis of clinical NGS datasets, including sequence alignment (BWA), variant calling (GATK HaplotypeCaller, Mutect2), variant annotation (VEP), clinical interpretation (Franklin), Sanger analysis
• Conducted Oxford Nanopore sequencing data analysis for human gut microbiome, amplicon sequencing, and whole-genome sequencing applications using MinKNOW and EPI2ME workflows.
• Developed a reference database of bacterial taxa and healthy population abundance ranges to support comparative human gut microbiome studies and biological interpretation.

Junior Bioinformatics Analyst - Sandor Bioinformatics Pvt Ltd

(2023-08 - 2024-02)

• Analysis of WES sequenced variants by using Geneyx software and CMA.
• Variant Interpretation and reporting as per ACMG guidelines.
• Report generation within TAT

M.Sc. - Bioinformatics - Pondicherry University (2021-08 - 2023-05)

B.Sc. - Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry - Nizam College (2018-07 - 2021-05)