100 Memorial Drive 8-22B Cambridge, MA 02142 H (617) 962-1402 B [email protected] Joseph Vitti Í https://www.josephvitti.com

Education 2012–present Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ph.D., Organismic & Evolutionary Biology. Degree anticipated May 2019. Dissertation: Interrogating genomic diversity data for strong recent in human populations; advisor: Pardis Sabeti. Secondary field in Science, Technology & Society; advisor: Sheila Jasanoff. Teaching fellow for lab-based undergraduate course (introductory life sciences; Harvard Q score 4.4/5) and problem set-based graduate course (; Q 4.7/5). 2010–2011 University of California, San Diego, Enrolled, Philosophy. Took leave from Ph.D. program to pursue other opportunities winter 2011-2012 and withdrew. Teaching assistant for undergraduate ethics course; completed coursework in philosophy and cognitive science; performed lab research identifying neural mechanisms of metaphor comprehension with Seanna Coulson. 2006–2010 Harvard College, B.A., Philosophy. Honors : The evolution and distribution of animal consciousness; advisor: Peter Godfrey-Smith. Magna cum laude. Language citation in Japanese. Course assistant for first-year calculus for six semesters. Publications Akbari A, Vitti JJ, Iranhmer A, Bakhtiari M, Sabeti PC, Mirarab S, Bafna V. Identifying the favored mutation in a positive selective sweep. Nature Methods 2018, 15(4):279-282. 1000 Project Consortium. A global reference for human genetic variation. Nature 2015, 526: 68-74. [JV contributed Figure 4b, Extended Data Figure 10.] Vitti JJ, Grossman SR, Sabeti PC. Detecting natural selection in genomic data. Ann. Rev. Gen. 2013, 47:97-120. Vitti JJ. Cephalopod cognition in evolutionary context: implications for ethology. Biosemiotics 2013, 6: 393-401. Vitti JJ, Cho MC, Tishkoff, SA, Sabeti PC. Human evolutionary genomics: ethical and interpretive issues. Trends in Genetics 2012, 28(3): 137-145. In preparation: Vitti JJ, Gosai SJ, Tewhey R, Reilly SK, Sabeti PC. Local adaptation promotes differential burdens of chronic diseases in human populations. Gosai SJ, Vitti JJ, Reilly SK, Sabeti PC. DeepSweep: A neural model to localize signals of positive selection. Early coverage: "Machine learning spots natural selection at work in human ," Nature News, Nov. 2018. Presentations Oct. 2018 Platform presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting, San Diego. Identification and characterization of adaptive regulatory variants in diverse human populations. Mar. 2017 Presentation at the Medical & Population Genetics Group meeting, Cambridge. Localizing and functional characterization of variants under recent positive selection. 2014-2016 Invited graduate student presenter for Broad Institute Office of Education and Outreach’s visiting students program. Using computation to study human evolution and disease. 2014-2015 Invited graduate student presenter for Harvard Museum of Natural History workshop on teaching evolution for secondary school biology teachers. Natural selection and recent human evolution. Sep. 2013 Selected presentation in HMS Science in the News Fall Lecture Series for general audiences. Big Data in the Postgenome Era: what can the human genome sequence do for you? Awards April 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Given to <15% of applicants to recognize high-potential early career scientists. (2013: honorable mention.) Sept. 2012 Theodore H. Ashford Graduate Fellowship. Given to recognize and support interdisciplinary research of <5 selected incoming GSAS students annually. May 2010 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize. Given to <100 graduating Harvard seniors to recognize outstanding undergraduate scholarly work. Summer 2009 Harvard-Cambridge Summer Fellowship. Given to <15 undergraduates annually to support supervised research projects in the UK. Leadership Fall 2018 Volunteer, Crossroads Youth Empowerment. Invited guest and point-of-contact for high school students interested in and biotech. 2012 - 2017 Proctor, Harvard Freshman Dean’s Office. Served as residential advisor and community-builder for ∼twenty first-year students annually; member of the Board of Freshman Advisors and primary academic advisor for ten science concentrators. Served as BGLTQ Advisor responsible for organizing training, programming and events through May 2016. 2013 - 2016 Director of Communications, GSAS Science Policy Group. Served as member of Executive Board responsible for organizing and publicizing events connecting scientists to the policy community, including site visits, op-ed writing workshops, and career panels. Summer 2014 Mentor, Research Science Institute (RSI). Oversaw high school student Andrew Jin in the development of a machine learning method to detect genetic variants under positive selection; Andrew received the First Place Medal of Distinction for Global Good in the Intel Science Talent Search in March 2015. 2013 - 2014 Trainee Representative, BroadNext10 Evolution Committee. Served as student member of faculty committee convened to identify ambitious new research directions for the upcoming decade at the Broad Institute; took responsibility for overseeing the committee’s final report. 2012 - 2013 Moderator, Science by the Pint. Organized monthly ’science cafe’ at local bars inviting professors to share research with an open crowd. Professional Experience 2011-2012 Administrative Assistant, Harvard Dept. Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA. Provided administrative support to Pardis Sabeti and her lab; managed new hires; assisted with human subjects protocols for infectious disease research across five institutes in the US and West Africa. Summer 2008 Intern, Shinsei Bank Dept. of Corporate Philanthropy, Tokyo, Japan. Researched local emerging artists and charity programs towards recommendation for corporate sponsorship; assisted in the reporting of company activities and implementation of new initiatives. 2007-2009 Medical Interpreter, Cross Cultural Communications, Inc., Woburn, MA. Provided point-of-care translation for Italian- and Spanish-speakers and providers at local hospitals. 2002-2006 Veterinary Technician, Adams Animal Clinic, Woburn, MA. Assisted Dr. Martin Nugent with office visits and surgeries, ran basic lab tests, cared for kenneled animals. Skills Specialization Population genetics, statistics, human evolutionary biology. Competence Computer science, machine learning, functional genomics. Programming Python, C/C++ (advanced); R (proficient). Wet Lab Basic experience with PCR, NGS, gel electrophoresis, molecular cloning. Spoken Spanish, Italian, Japanese (advanced); Russian, Portuguese (proficient). Personal Communicative, analytic, innovative.