About Me
I’m a computational biologist working at the intersection of microbiomics, data science, and diagnostics. My background is in microbial ecology and metagenomics where I turn large complex dataset into information about what microbes are present, what they’re doing and why it matters at a systems level.
I work translating scientific data into real-world insight. While biological systems have been getting increasingly tractable, turning data into decisions, products, and systems that people can actually use is a significant challenge to solve. That’s what I am working on as a Computational Biologist at Barnwell Bio to enable data-driven decision making in animal health and management.
Selected Publications
Prasad, A., et al. (2025). Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics. Nature Communications
Prasad, A., et al. (2026). Priority effects drive strain-level community composition of honeybee gut microbiota. The ISME Journal