Maria Monberg, PhD
Scientific Strategy Director @ DNAnexus
About
Publications
Education
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cancer Biology, Clinical Translational Oncology / June, 2022
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology / December, 2017
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science - BS, Evolutionary Anthropology / December, 2017
Experience
DNAnexus
Scientific Strategy Director / March, 2026 — Present
Primary technical partner to the SVP & GM of the Pharma + Diagnostics business unit, translating emerging genomic science into product priorities.
ConcertAI
Director, Clinicogenomics Analytics / July, 2025 — May, 2026
• Lead requirements and analytics for cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and data science, to develop and deliver the Translational360 data product. • Develop and articulate a clear product vision and strategy for integrating additional clinicogenomic depth into ConcertAI’s healthcare solutions, in partnership with Caris Life Sciences, Guardant Health, NeoGenomics, and Foundation Medicine. • Create detailed roadmaps, prioritize rigorously, and communicate trade-offs internally, especially as it relates to tradeoffs of investments with partner organizations and sales opportunity priorities. • Provide technical leadership and guidance on the data collection and analytics related to genomics in healthcare.
Clinicogenomics Data Products Technical Lead / January, 2025 — June, 2025
Built and launched ConcertAI's Translational360 data product by onboarding multiple external genomics laboratory partners, working closely with data operations and engineering to provide product specifications, scientific rigor, and ensure successful data deliveries to clients.• Worked directly with clients to address scientific hypotheses and analyses leveraging clinicogenomic datasets.• Drove development of clinic-facing foundational model for trial matching.
Clinicogenomic Analytics Consultant / January, 2024 — January, 2025
Product Success + Precision Oncology Analytics Scientific Advisory Council for ConcertAI-Caris-Abbvie Strategic Partnership
Merck
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics / August, 2022 — January, 2024
Contributed to functional genomics & single cell analytics pipelines to drive target discovery efforts in the department of Data, AI & Genome Sciences as part of the Functional Genomics & Integrative Analytics team.
Translational Biomarkers Intern / May, 2017 — August, 2017
Worked to develop murine in vivo imaging models of metastatic mammary carcinoma, melanoma, and pancreatic cancers.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Doctoral Student / August, 2018 — June, 2022
Doctor of Philosophy in Cancer Biology & Clinical Translational Oncology. 1. Maitra Lab: PhD dissertation work focused on applying multimodal single-cell approaches in preclinical models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to understand treatment refractoriness in the clinic. 2. Scheet Lab: 2-month rotation focused on computational biology, linux computing, scRNAseq pipeline construction, and analysis of genomic data. 3. Mazur Lab: 3-month rotation focused on developing in vivo CRISPR models to understand oncogenic hotspot mutations in lung adenocarcinoma. 4. Course Coordinator and Instructor for Post-Graduate-level course, Bio-Behavioral Research Methods in Cancer Prevention and Addiction 5. Teaching Assistant for Graduate-level course, Basic and Translational Cancer Biology
Tempus, Inc.
Junior Data Analyst / January, 2018 — July, 2018
Responsible for reviewing clinical records, structuring key data elements and ensuring that clinical oncologists have access to meaningful patient-centric data. Primary job functions involved extracting, structuring and analyzing data to build a massive cancer genomics database for use at comprehensive cancer centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and private oncology practitioners across the US.
University of Michigan Medical School
Research Assistant / September, 2017 — December, 2017
Studied mammary and colorectal stem cells & organoid biology to determine effective methods of carcinogenesis prevention.
University of Michigan
Case Study Author / June, 2016 — April, 2017
After conducting field research in biological sciences and limnology, I worked in a team to develop an interactive website to publish my findings on community ecology as it pertains to large-scale controlled dam removal projects. The publication and website are both sponsored by the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Undergraduate Research Scholar / September, 2014 — June, 2016
Focused on the development of techniques in cell culture and microscopy to be used in the toxicological analysis of the human placenta. Additionally, I helped to design and execute on a pilot study utilizing mouse bioluminescence to monitor the effects of certain toxicants on placental development and birth outcomes.
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