Frank Austin Nothaft

Frank Austin Nothaft is an engineer-scientist focused on making genomic data accessible through open source software. Frank is currently working on Translating Science PBC, building tools to help patients understand their genomic test results.

Previously, Frank led the development of the Lens platform at Tempus Labs, and the Healthcare and Life Sciences team at Databricks. At Databricks, Frank led multiple product launches, including Glow and the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform for Genomics.

Frank did his PhD in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, where he led the Big Data Genomics/ADAM project and was advised by Professors David Patterson and Anthony D. Joseph. Prior to Berkeley, Frank worked in semiconductors at Broadcom Corporation, and studied Electrical Engineering under Professor William J. Dally at Stanford University.