Alejandro Ochoa
Assistant Professor at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolAlejandro Ochoa is an Assistant Professor and statistical geneticist with 11 years of research experience bridging mathematics, computation, and biology. Based at Duke University after a postdoc at Princeton, he develops statistical methods for population genetics and models time-series from drug trials, with past work spanning protein domain prediction, functional annotation of malaria parasites, and computational protein design. He focuses on research that advances human health and sheds light on human evolution, combining rigorous theory with practical applications. A well-rounded nerd who also enjoys languages and music, he brings interdisciplinary training from MIT (Biology & Mathematics) and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton to tackle complex biomedical data problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Biology and Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Biology and Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology at Princeton University
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (19)
fst10
statistical-genetics10
genetics9
factor-analysis9
bed8
plink8
beta-testing7
cran7
genomics7
beancount6
r6
factor5
factorization4
svd4
matrix3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alexviiia/dpuc2
Jun 2015 - Apr 2023
Contributions:4 releases, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years
OchoaLab/OchoaLab.github.io
Jul 2018 - Jun 2026
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:167 pushes in 8 years
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
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