Bhargav Srinivasan

Bhargav Srinivasan

Undergraduate, B.S. Computer Science and B.S. Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, College Park · Expected May 2027

bds062@umd.edu · GitHub · LinkedIn · Google Scholar · Resume (PDF) (updated Oct 2026)

I am an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, College Park, studying Computer Science and Biological Sciences in the Gemstone Honors Program. I work with Prof. Can Firtina on raw signal analysis methods, including RawMod, which detects DNA base modifications from raw nanopore signals, even modifications it was never trained on. I also work with Prof. Abhinav Shrivastava on FSH-TAL, which identifies and localizes social behaviors in hours of video of genetically modified cichlid fish. This work speeds up the Juntti Lab's studies of how genes shape social behavior.

My research interests lie in developing new machine learning methods and applying them to biology. I am interested in combining genomic and imaging data for multimodal systems, learning from sparse labels, and building interpretable models for biological insights. My broader goal is to understand genomic variation across these types of data.

Previously, I was a Student Intern in the Kolmogorov Lab in the Cancer Data Science Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute, where I developed a deep learning method to find complex structural variants in cancer genomes. Before that, I was a Bioinformatics Intern at AstraZeneca. Outside of research, I enjoy racquetball, music, and board games. Fun fact: I've won four intramural racquetball championships at UMD!

I am applying to Computer Science and Computational Biology Ph.D. programs for Fall 2027.

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