Gabriel Berger
Gabriel Berger

Gabriel Berger

I'm an undergraduate at Stanford studying math, computer science, and statistics. Most of what I do is low-level systems work: this past spring I built a RISC-V CPU that runs compiled C, and before that a WiFi driver from scratch.

I also write code for research labs. At UCSF I'm rebuilding a sequencing pipeline for leukemia research, and this summer I'm at the Stanford Cancer Institute working on a way to spot a hard-to-find cancer from a blood draw.

currently

Powerset

2026

Stanford lead and a software engineer at Powerset, an early-stage talent firm that invests in young builders. I build the software and data tooling to find them, and run the firm's Stanford presence. If you're building something, I'd like to hear about it. Reach out.

Sequencing pipeline @ UCSF

since 2025

Rebuilding DAb-seq v2, a C++17 pipeline that turns raw FASTQ reads into per-cell genotypes and antibody-marker profiles for leukemia research. It runs about 10× faster than before.

Liquid-biopsy research @ Stanford Cancer Institute

summer 2026

Comparing cell-free DNA and RNA to tell Richter's transformation apart from the leukemia it comes from. The goal is to catch an aggressive, hard-to-biopsy cancer from a blood draw.

Systems projects

ongoing

A RISC-V CPU, a bare-metal WiFi driver, an e-ink dashboard. More on the projects page.

elsewhere

I'm also a musician: I play alto saxophone, and came up through the SFJAZZ mentee program, lessons with Dann Zinn, and the studio band and combos at CJC under Dave Eshelman and Colin Hogan, among other things. I also sit silent vipassana meditation, and am interested in languages (Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Chinese).