About
I'm a 4th year Bioengineering PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, advised by Paul Yushkevich. My research sits at the intersection of AI and biomedicine — I develop deep learning models for multimodal neuroimaging analysis in Alzheimer's disease research, combining traditional methods with modern architectures that bridge wet lab methodology with computational analysis.
Previously, I worked as a Data Scientist in Arnaout Lab at UCSF, building models for detection of rare fetal heart disease in ultrasound imaging. I hold a Master's degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine where I worked with Charless Fowlkes and Shu Kong. I received my Bachelor's in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from the College of Engineering Pune (COEP) in India.
I'm passionate about developing computational tools that bridge the gap between complex biological data and actionable insights for translational research that ultimately improve patient outcomes. I'm currently seeking internship opportunities where I can contribute to cutting-edge AI applications in healthcare and biological discovery.
Publications
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Operationalizing Postmortem Pathology-MRI Association Studies in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders with MRI-guided Histology Sampling
C Athalye, A Bahena, ... P Yushkevich
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2025 [Link] -
Association of quantitative histopathology measurements with antemortem medial temporal lobe cortical thickness in the Alzheimer's disease continuum
A Denning, ... C Athalye, ... P Yushkevich
Acta Neuropathologica, 2024 [Link] -
A deep learning model for prenatal congenital heart disease screening generalises to a community setting and outperforms clinical detection
C Athalye, A van Nisselrooij, S Rizvi, MC Haak, AJ Moon‐Grady, R Arnaout
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2023 [Link] -
Domain-guided data augmentation for deep learning on medical imaging
C Athalye, R Arnaout
PLOS ONE, 2023 [Link] -
Abandoned object detection using pixel-based finite state machine and single shot multibox detector
D Shyam, C Athalye, A Kot
IEEE International Conference on Media and Expo (ICME), 2018 [Link]