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Interdisciplinary Researcher | Computational Biology | Scientific Operations | AI & Automation | Exploring Knowledge Systems

About

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, computational builder, and systems thinker exploring the intersection of biology, technology, computation, and innovation. At IISER Pune, my research journey has evolved from fundamental science toward computational research, scientific tool-building, and interdisciplinary problem solving. I have built MolBridge, an interactive structural bioinformatics application, and recently completed a scientific operations role at a biotechnology startup, where I worked on research coordination, project structures, workflow standardization, and systems for managing multidisciplinary scientific work. My interests increasingly extend beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. I am currently exploring how modern scientific, computational, and analytical approaches can be applied to questions surrounding Indian Knowledge Systems and broader knowledge-system research. I am particularly interested in problems that connect science, computation, knowledge organization, technology, and society. Curious by nature. Interdisciplinary by design. Driven to build.

Location

Pune District

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

claude

codex

gemini

hermes agent

Work experience

Masters Student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Dec 2025 - Present · 1 yr, IISER Pune, Researching on the Role of Pnictogen and Tetrel Bonding in Protein Structure and Function: From CSD-Derived Geometric Parameters to PDB Validation and Web-Based Analysis

Founder's Associate (Science Operations) at Nucleovir Therapeutics, Jul 2026 - Oct 2026 · 4 mos, Pune City

Automation Developer at Velsera, May 2025 - Feb 2026 · 10 mos, Pune District, Impact Assessment Automation.

Semester Project in Sai Lab at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos, Pune District, Title - Creating an utility application fot the analysis and identification of Chalcogen interactions in protein structures.

Semester Project at Sai Lab at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos, Pune District, Semester Project at Prof. Saikrishnan Kayarat's lab, understanding Conformational analysis of torsion angles phi and psi and Ramachandran plot visualization of peptide motifs using programming and other structural analysis techniques for large data analysis in PDB files.

Summer Research Intern at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Professor Saikrishnan Kayarat's Lab

Data Annotator & LLM Evualvator at Outlier, Apr 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos, United States, I have worked with Outlier on AI training projects such as Blackbeard, Ather, and Springer, where I contributed to evaluating and improving model-generated responses. My responsibilities included reviewing outputs for factual accuracy, identifying logical inconsistencies, detecting hallucinations, and providing structured feedback to enhance model performance. This involved applying evaluation rubrics, assessing reasoning chains, and ensuring alignment with expected ground-truth or domain knowledge.

Education

Integrated BS-MS Dual Degree, Interdisciplinary Science Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

Grade 12th, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Physical Education, Career Point Gurukul

Public links

github: https://github.com/shobhitvats

shobhitvats.github.io: https://shobhitvats.github.io/