Alexey Sergushichev
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlexey Sergushichev is an assistant professor and computational biologist with 16 years of experience building widely used bioinformatics software and methods for omics analysis. He led development of the FGSEA gene set enrichment method—now downloaded over 10,000 times monthly and cited more than 1,000 times—and has produced multiple tools for metabolic network analysis and interactive expression exploration (Phantasus) that streamline access to tens of thousands of public datasets. His work bridges rigorous algorithm development, reproducible backend engineering (including contributions to OpenCPU), and practical web tools that enable broad adoption by the community. Alexey has established an international MSc program in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, co-organized a global bioinformatics contest attracting thousands of participants, and supervised numerous students to advanced degrees. Now based at Washington University in St. Louis, he combines academic leadership with hands-on open-source development and a track record of translating complex systems biology problems into scalable software.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
r10
package-management10
github-integration9
server-side-scripting9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
opencpu/opencpu
Jul 2017 - Dec 2019
OpenCPU system for embedded scientific computation and reproducible research
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 13 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alexey's commits primarily focused on enhancing the OpenCPU system's backend functionalities. They addressed issues related to package loading and library listings, introducing support for loaded namespaces. The user modified server-side scripts, improving email sending capabilities and updating the configuration process. Further improvements included updates to GitHub integration and package management.
opencpureproducible-research
alserglab/fgsea
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
Fast Gene Set Enrichment Analysis
Contributions:298 commits, 41 PRs, 262 pushes in 6 years 9 months
enrichment-analysisgene-set-enrichmentenrichmentbioinformaticsgene
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