Aga Wegrzyn
Sr. Project Manager Fermentation
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAga Wegrzyn is a purpose-driven biotechnology leader and Sr. Project Manager in fermentation with over a decade of cross-functional experience spanning academia, start-ups and regulatory engagement. She co-founded and scaled EV Biotech from Head of Technology to CEO, securing nearly €6M and delivering data-driven microbial engineering platforms for precision fermentation while leading a multicultural 30-person team through a strategic restructuring. Trained as a PhD systems biologist, Aga blends hands-on computational strain engineering (including contributions to the widely used COBRA Toolbox) with strategic roadmapping to translate complex biology into regulatory-viable, commercial products. Known for people-first leadership, systems thinking and a talent for aligning innovation with EU regulatory frameworks, she also advises on digital and AI strategy at the intersection of deep tech and life sciences. Uncommonly, her background in metabolomics and organ-chip projects gives her a rare patient-centric perspective on personalised nutrition and sustainable ingredient development.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Medical Systems Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Medical Systems Biology at University of GroningenMaster of Science (MSc) Molecular Biotechnology, Master of Science (MSc) Molecular Biotechnology at Jagiellonian University
English, Polish, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
toolbox10
matlab10
constraint-satisfaction10
constraint10
metabolic-models10
cobra10
debug9
image-reconstruction9
debugging9
recovery9
3d-reconstruction9
bioinformatics8
algorithm7
algorithms7
implement7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
opencobra/cobratoolbox
Feb 2016 - Nov 2020
The COnstraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis Toolbox. Documentation:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Software Engineer
Back-end Developer / Software EngineerContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs, 17 comments in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Aga primarily contributed to the COBRA Toolbox by fixing bugs and improving the functionality of existing methods. Their work involved updating the `addReaction.m` and `convertToIrreversible.m` functions to address issues related to data integrity and model usability. They also made a fix to the `LP9.m` function to ensure compatibility and improve its results. These changes suggest a focus on maintaining and enhancing the core computational functions of the toolbox.
microbiome-analysisgap-fillingmetabolic-reconstructioncobra-toolboxomics-data-integration
WegrzynAB/Papers
Sep 2018 - Jan 2024
Contributions:55 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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