# Maha Naim

> Software Engineer II at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/maha

Passionate about enhancing the delivery and advancement of predictive medicine as it relates to the development and applications of bioinformatics software and tools in the realms of clinical research and therapeutics.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jan 2024 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Associate Bioinformatics Software Engineer @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Boston University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Research intern in Dr. Khalil's lab.
Optimized antibody sequence design by testing various structure prediction and docking tools that leverage deep learning. 
Assessed the accuracy and speed of different tools with the goal of selecting those that were best fit to use during in silico design of nanobody libraries.

### Computational Protein Engineer @ Manus Bio
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Architected a workflow to identify and extract key structural features that are indicative of protein stability from crystal structures located in the RCSB Protein Data Bank. 
Using the collected information, I developed a computational tool which leverages Bayesian statistics to locate areas of instability along a given protein sequence and suggest stabilizing mutations.

### Emergency Medicine TeleScribe @ ScribeAmerica
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Davie, Florida, United States
Responsible for accompanying medical providers into the exam room remotely via the Zoom meeting platform and accurately documenting the patient-provider encounter.
Trained extensively in unloading the provider’s burden of medical data collection and data entry into electronic health records in order to improve operational workflow.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Nova Southeastern University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Center for Collaborative Research
Student researcher in Dr. Vladimir Beljanski’s lab. Independently developed an analysis workflow examining the relative gene expression levels of antisense mRNA from mesenchymal strongly cells. 
Trained and familiarized incoming student researchers.

### President @ Nova Southeastern University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Junior Pediatrics
Provide overall leadership and direction to the organization.
Represented the organization at all Campus Life and student organization events.
Coordinated various club activities while delegating tasks to the Executive Board.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Florida Atlantic University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Worked as a research assistant in Dr. Massimo Caputi’s lab. Utilized various open-source tools and the Galaxy platform to analyze differential gene expression and alternative splicing in CD4+ T cell infection. 
Awarded the FAU Undergraduate Research grant and FAU Wave grant totaling up to $1,500.
Presented at FAU's Undergraduate Research Symposium and participated in the FAU Wave competition.

### CLASS Tutor @ Florida Atlantic University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Boca Raton, Florida, United States
CRLA Level 3 certified tutor for different college level Spanish and Biology classes offered at Florida Atlantic University.
Facilitated instruction to up to 50 students per semester, for 4 semesters.

### Student Research Assistant @ Florida Atlantic University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Conducted research under Dr. Joel Herbst in support of the development of a new FAU lab school in Jupiter focused on the fields of neuroscience and bioinformatics.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Bioinformatics
Boston University

### Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Behavioral Neuroscience and Biology
Nova Southeastern University

### High School Diploma
Florida Atlantic University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maha-naim

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Last updated: 2026-03-31