Alexander Favorov
Research Associate
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Favorov is a research-focused bioinformatics scientist with 12+ years of experience bridging computational biology and physics-driven analysis, currently based in Baltimore and serving as a Research Associate at Johns Hopkins. His career spans postdoctoral bioinformatics work and senior research roles in Russian and U.S. institutions, reflecting deep expertise in data-driven biomedical research rather than traditional software product development. Trained as a physicist and applied mathematician at MFTI, he brings rigorous quantitative modeling and algorithmic thinking to genomic and computational biology problems. Comfortable in both academic and research institute environments, he often operates at the interface of method development and practical bioinformatics applications. An understated collaborator, he combines long-term institutional continuity with a knack for translating complex biological questions into computational experiments.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Physics and Applied Math, Master's degree, Physics and Applied Math at Московский Физико-Технический Институт (Государственный Университет) (МФТИ)
Github Skills (14)
factorization9
bioinformatics9
bayesian8
matrix-factorization8
bayesian-inference8
matrix7
machine-learning7
mcmc6
bioconductor5
pickle2
go1
encoding1
decoding1
golang1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
favorov/gene-friends-manuscript
Oct 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 83 pushes, 33 branches in 4 years 5 months
favorov/GenometriCorr-devel
Jan 2015 - Mar 2021
Contributions:265 pushes, 8 branches in 6 years 3 months
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