{"id":1597,"date":"2024-08-07T08:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/chg\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:01:19","slug":"ranga-baminiwatte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/ranga-baminiwatte\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranga Baminiwatte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1596 alignright lazyload\" title=\"Ranga 08.07.24\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/chg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/Ranga_08.07.24-225x300.png\" alt=\"Ranga 08.07.24\" width=\"187\" height=\"249\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 187px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 187\/249;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Graduate Student<\/p>\n<p>abamini@clemson.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Biosketch<\/h2>\n<p>Ranga Baminiwatte, originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka, earned his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia. At HSE, he conducted research on eye movement traces of linguistic knowledge in non-native reading. Ranga joined Clemson University School of Computing in 2023 to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Data Science and Informatics. Currently, he\u2019s working under the supervision of Dr. Aaron. J. Massino. Outside of academics, he enjoys watching movies, playing video games and trying out different cuisines.<\/p>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<p>Ranga joined Masino lab for a rotation in January 2024, and has been a full time member since August 2024. His research interests include (1) improving the diagnostic rates of rare genetic disorders (RGDs) by integrating genetic sequence data, in-silico variant pathogenicity prediction, and phenomic information. (2) Developing Artificial Intelligence in Rare Disease Clinical Care and Research (CCER) that incorporates formal biological knowledge with multimodal patient data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Student abamini@clemson.edu Biosketch Ranga Baminiwatte, originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka, earned his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia. At HSE, he conducted research on eye movement traces of linguistic knowledge in non-native reading. Ranga joined Clemson University School of Computing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\" wp-image-1596 alignright\" title=\"Ranga 08.07.24\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/chg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/Ranga_08.07.24-225x300.png\" alt=\"Ranga 08.07.24\" width=\"187\" height=\"249\" \/>\r\n\r\nGraduate Student\r\n\r\nabamini@clemson.edu\r\n<h3>Biosketch<\/h3>\r\nRanga Baminiwatte, originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka, earned his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia. At HSE, he conducted research on eye movement traces of linguistic knowledge in non-native reading. Ranga joined Clemson University School of Computing in 2023 to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Data Science and Informatics. Currently, he\u2019s working under the supervision of Dr. Aaron. J. Massino. Outside of academics, he enjoys watching movies, playing video games and trying out different cuisines.\r\n<h3>Research<\/h3>\r\nRanga joined Masino lab for a rotation in January 2024, and has been a full time member since August 2024. His research interests include (1) improving the diagnostic rates of rare genetic disorders (RGDs) by integrating genetic sequence data, in-silico variant pathogenicity prediction, and phenomic information. 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