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Paarth Batra 🦾
machine learning researcher+engineer. Building bioML models at Mayo Clinic, advisory role at ASU Biodesign.

About

Recent Barrett Honors graduate working on moonshot protein interaction research at Mayo Clinic and developing machine learning models for bioinformatics. My research focuses on protein language models, remote homology detection, and 3D mesh segmentation. I'm a key contributor to the scikit-bio library, published in Nature Methods, and have worked on ML applications at Wells Fargo and the U.S. Department of State.

Skills

Python
Rust
C++
Java
Swift
PyTorch
JAX
TensorFlow
Lightning
LangChain
Docker
Kubernetes
Ray
Spark
Slurm
Pandas
Git

Work Experience

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ML Researcher

Jan 2026 - Present
Mayo Clinic
Full-time ML researcher working on moonshot protein interaction research. Developing novel approaches for understanding protein-protein interactions and their applications in therapeutic development.
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ML Engineer

May 2024 - Present
ASU Biodesign
Advisory researcher working on protein language models. Key contributor to Scikit-Bio library, adding embedding and similarity search via pLMs for bioinformatics. Re-training pLM architecture TM-Vec for 50x speedup in remote homology detection. Developed scikit-benchmark repository and tutorial repository for ISMB conference workshop.
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ML Researcher

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025
Qualcomm Inc.
Led team in developing 3D Mesh Segmentation models for object detection in local area digital twins. Adapted 2D models (SAM, SAM2) for 3D object detection use cases. Developed for Qualcomm X Elite processors to integrate models for local area detection.
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ML Development Intern

May 2025 - Aug 2025
Wells Fargo
Technology Intern under Wells Fargo TIP as part of Digital Technology and Innovation Team. Applied GenAI tooling to ICMP codebase to improve automated test coverage by 20%.
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Development Intern

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
U.S Department of State
Worked closely with Diplomatic Security Service teams to develop full-stack applications using React, Java Spring, and Postgres for use cases in OSINT and field intelligence/data analytics.
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Honors Tutor

January 2023 - Present
ASU Barrett Honors College
Acted as one of 10 tutors to 4000+ Barrett Undergraduates, assisting with writing theses and research papers.
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Center Director

December 2022 - August 2023
Mathnasium
Managed and grew a team from 70 to 100+ students. Increased student retention by 20%. Also acted as a social media manager
Projects

Focused on machine learning research and computational biology. From protein language models to transformer architectures.

TM-Vec: Protein Language Model Optimization

Re-trained protein language model (pLM) architecture TM-Vec for remote homology detection, achieving 50x speedup in inference time. Integrated model into scikit-bio for bioinformatics workflows and structural similarity analysis.

Python
PyTorch
JAX
Protein ML
Bioinformatics

GoodNews

Trained dual neural network utilizing classification and sentiment analysis to predict 'positivity' of news articles. Developing for mobile deployment using Swift with article aggregation and user-based recommendations.

Python
PyTorch
Swift
Sentiment Analysis
NLP

transformer-v1 (microGPT)

Built transformer architecture from scratch for text generation. Implemented multi-head attention, positional encoding, and training loop to understand foundational deep learning concepts.

Python
PyTorch
Transformers
Deep Learning
Multi-PDF RAG Chatbot

Multi-PDF RAG Chatbot

Built retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system using LangChain agent workflows and FAISS vector database for multi-document question answering with semantic search.

Python
LangChain
FAISS
RAG
Vector DB
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