Scholar
Gonzalo Benegas
Google Scholar ID: tJbZmiUAAAAJ
Open Athena
Citations & Impact
Citations
324
H-index
5
i10-index
4
Publications
10
Co-authors
10
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications:
- - 2025, 'A DNA language model based on multispecies alignment predicts the effects of genome-wide variants', Nature Biotechnology.
- - 2025, 'Genomic language models: opportunities and challenges', Trends in Genetics.
- - 2023, 'DNA language models are powerful predictors of genome-wide variant effects', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Research Experience
- Research Scientist at Open Athena | AI for Science.
Education
- PhD in Computational Biology from UC Berkeley; Licentiate in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires.
Background
- Research Interests: Enjoying applied ML research, especially drawing connections between fields. In the last couple years, developing DNA language models to predict the effect of genetic mutations in humans and plants.
