Benjamin G. Kaplan bgkaplan@cmu.edu (914) 703-1935 LinkedIn

EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Class of 2018

B.S. in Computational Biology, Major GPA (Biology, Chemistry and Computer Science): 3.5, Overall GPA: 3.2

WORK EXPERIENCE

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Ma’ayan Laboratory, New York, NY June-August 2015 Big Data to Knowledge NIH-LINCS Data Coordination and Integration Center Summer Research Fellowship § Designed and implemented #GETS IT (Geo2Enrichr Tagging System for Information Transformer) prototype web platform for

differential gene expression visualization, interpretation and downstream enrichment analysis for facilitating future drug development § Discovered novel central role for the NUCKS1 transcription factor in Alcoholic Liver Disease (details in section below)

Westchester Medical Center & Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY May-July 2014 Public Relations Intern § Wrote proposals for and designed hospital’s expanded social media presence on Pinterest and other contemporary social media sites § Identified, researched and drafted outreach to attract potential corporate partners to participate in hospital events and initiatives

Case Management/Utilization Intern § Designed and implemented system for case manager performance data entry, analysis, and numerical/graphical rankings used to

evaluate job performance for case managers at both Westchester Medical Center and Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital

Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL June-August 2013 Paid Researcher (more information under “Next Generation Self-Healing Concrete” in section below)

RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

Alcoholic Liver Disease: Differential Gene Expression Enrichment Analysis June-August 2015 § Analyzed collection of studies on gene expression for alcoholic liver disease and found a previously unknown key

function for the NUCKS1 transcription factor using ChIP-seq profiled HepG2 cells (p = 4.181e-10, Fisher exact test)

Bacteriophage Research August 2014-May 2015 § Isolated and identified unique bacteriophage for infecting Arthrobacter bacterium § Streaked, plated, and cultured bacteria and phages § Used electron microscopy to analyze phage structure § Used gel electrophleresis, spectroscopy & restriction enzyme analysis to purify phage DNA § Used bioinformatics to analyze phage genomes and evolutionary histories

Hack Wars: Duel of Coders February-April 2015 § Conceptualized and coded interactive game testing basic hacking/de-bugging programming skills § Goal: to make a minimal change to your opponent’s offensive function definitions, preventing their attack/ensuring your victory

Next Generation Self-Healing Concrete: Infusing Bacteria into Engineered Cementitious Composite August 2011-March 2014 § Created never-before made hybrid of bacterial concrete and Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) § Improved self-healing by 22.6% as measured by resonant frequency increase § Tested in field environments; found previously unreported healing equivalence between underground and laboratory settings

Contemporary Conceptualization of Cyber Warfare: June-August 2012 Responses to Cyber Warfare Versus Responses to Conventional Warfare

§ Demonstrated dissonance between global policy responses for acts of cyber warfare/espionage vs. conventional counterparts § Recommended policy course for preventing proliferation of national cyber threats and augmenting national cyber defense

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer Programming: Fluent in Python, well versed in C, experienced in Java, JavaScript, HTML, and functional programming/SML

Laboratory Experience: § Civil Engineering: Made, mixed, molded, and measured concrete tensile and compressive strengths, soprtivity and self-healing § Wet Biological: Cultured bacteria/phages (streaking, plating, etc.) microscopy, spectroscopy, restriction enzyme analysis § Bioinformatics: Used DNA Master software suite and other programs to annotate phage genome and evolutionary history

Writing: Experienced in scientific/analytical, expository, and professional/business writing. Staff writer for CMU satirical magazine

Statistics: Familiar with rudimentary statistical testing: T-Tests, ANOVA, Pearson’s R, Chi-squared, curve-fitting

Graphic Design: Basic Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skillset, learning LaTeX

Miscellaneous: Microsoft Access and Excel experience

HONORS & AWARDS

–ASM International Foundation Award for “Most 2014 outstanding exhibit in Material Science” at WESEF –Westchester-Rockland JSHS Speaker 3rd place in session 2014 –Presenter at NY State JSHS 2014 –UCSB Mentor Research Program Symposium speaker 2012

–Intel Science Talent Search Research Report and 2013 Initiative Badge recipient –Byram Hills H.S. Science Research Symposium speaker 2014 –Bryant University Book Award for Entrepreneurship 2013 and Academic Excellence