# Anastassia Bobokalonova Ruggeri > Senior Software Engineer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anastassia I am a full-stack software engineer at Color on the platform core services team, scaling access to essential health services. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Color Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | California, United States Delivering COVID-19 testing and vaccination solutions at scale ### Senior Software Engineer @ Segment Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Segment Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Development Instructor @ App Academy Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Taught full-stack web development (specializing in Ruby on Rails with React/Redux) at a highly selective full-time bootcamp with new cohorts of 60-80 students every 2 months. • Topics include: Object-oriented programming, Rails MVC framework, test-driven development, React + Redux, RESTful API design, debugging strategies, Git workflow, and programming best practices. • Delivered lectures on Algorithms, SQL, Authentication, and React. • Managed 21 student final projects: mentored application design, planned MVP deadlines, debugged development and deployment, and performed code reviews. ### Researcher @ Whitehead Institute Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Awarded Best Undergraduate Poster by Northeastern American Society of Plant Biologists. • Presented research at 3 poster sessions and 6 lab meetings; Wrote technical reports and distilled complex data into compelling visuals. • Conducted a saturated forward genetic screen through all stages, obtained candidate suppressor lines, and identified genetic basis for a missing biochemical step in plant defense hormone metabolism. • Pinpointed causal mutations from >10,000 genomic variants using mapping-by-sequencing and genome-wide SNP filtering. • Analyzed metabolomic variation by clustering differential metabolites. • Designed and delivered a 3-day guest-lecture on Next-Gen Sequencing to MIT senior lab course (7.15); Taught how to pre-process, assemble, and map genomic data. Created sample files to optimize signal:noise for homozygosity mapping. • Lab Skills: Liquid/Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Cloning, Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation, CRISPR-Cas9, Liquid and Solid Cell culture, Protein Expression, Protein Purification, X-ray Crystallography ### Researcher @ Tokyo Institute of Technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Tokyo, Japan • Recipient of a 3-month JASSO scholarship for TiTech International Research Opportunities Program (TiROP) to conduct research in the Ohta-Shimojima Laboratory in the School of Bioscience and Biotechnology. • Genetically engineered algae for increased biofuel production; Expressed and quantified oil accumulation of 5 candidate genes and discovered 2 new genes that localize to the surface of lipid droplets; Presented results to technical audience and student audience. • Served as MIT Representative for 300 person "Women in STEM" Conference; following address by US-Japan Ambassador, presented to and corresponded with high school girls to inspire STEM pursuit. • Lab Skills: RT-qPCR, Thin-layer Chromatography, Electroporation, Light and Confocal Microscopy ### STEM Instructor Abroad @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Milan, Italy • Selected for MIT Global Teaching Labs program to teach STEM subjects abroad. • Taught 80 high school students Probability, Number Theory, Chemistry, and Physics at Liceo Primo Levi in San Donato, Italy for 1 month. • Designed STEM curriculum with 15 lesson plans, incorporating interactive and experimental techniques to overcome weaknesses in traditional STEM classroom education. • Noticeably improved student performance and motivation. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computational and Systems Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anastassia-bobokalonova-mit --- Source: https://flows.cv/anastassia JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anastassia/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22