Smriti Hoda

Molecular Biologist - building AI that accelerate Biology research

Purdue University · Molecular Biology · class of 2025

Dream career

An AI enthusiast Scientist

What I'm working toward

An AI enthusiast Scientist trying to break into big pharma to accelerate drug discovery and advance healthcare.

Currently in progress.

AI Skills
How a student designs prompts, picks tools, verifies outputs, builds evaluation, and integrates AI into real work. The most prominent skill area in the CareerLauncher brand.
Basic
Sub-skills (5)
- Prompt design
  Writes prompts that are scoped, contextualized, structured, and iterative.
  1 evidenceIntermediate
- Tool selection
  Picks the right tool for the task. Knows when to use AI and when not to.
  1 evidenceBasic
- Verification
  Treats each AI output as a draft. Checks sources, runs the code, catches hallucinations. Per-instance, ad hoc.
  1 evidenceBasic
- Evaluation
  Builds and runs systematic tests of AI behavior. Detects regressions, compares models. System-wide, repeatable.
  1 evidenceIntermediate
- Workflow integration
  Knows where AI saves time and where it slows down. Integrates AI as augmentation, not replacement.
  1 evidenceBasic
Writing & Communication
Structure, audience awareness, brevity, technical-to-non-technical translation.
No evidence yet
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Data Skills
Spreadsheet fluency, SQL, statistical literacy, visualization, ML basics.
No evidence yet
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Workplace Navigation
Asking for help, communicating up, reading the room, handling disagreement, ownership.
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