Andrea Vernon
Senior Data Software Engineer
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndrea Vernon is a Senior Data Software Engineer with 11 years of experience applying computational biology and data engineering to life-science problems, currently building data platforms at BenchSci after leading bioinformatics teams at BenevolentAI. She blends a PhD-trained scientific mindset with practical software skills—designing FAIR-aligned ETLs, knowledge graph ingestion pipelines, and reusable data products that help scientists get more from their data. At BenevolentAI she combined squad leadership, product thinking and hands-on redesign of central ETL frameworks, while also acting as a line manager and cross-team communicator. Her background spans academic tool-building (an R package for KEGG data during her PhD) through product ownership of cytometry software, showing comfort moving between research, product and engineering contexts. Based in London, she favors user-centered solutions that simplify complex biology workflows and has a track record of turning niche lab needs into production-ready tooling. A detail not obvious from titles: she pairs data engineering with practical lab experience and even low-tech ingenuity (e.g., 3D-printed lab stencils) to bridge bench and code.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Tecnológico de MonterreyMaster's Degree Systems Biology, Master's Degree Systems Biology at The University of WarwickDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Synthetic Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Synthetic Biology at University of WarwickBachelor's degree Biotechnology, Bachelor's degree Biotechnology at Flinders UniversityTeacher's course Teacher's course with focus on ESL, Teacher's course Teacher's course with focus on ESL at Shamrock Institute S.C.Licentiate degree Biotechnology, Licentiate degree Biotechnology at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Spanish, English, German
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Github Skills (12)
r-package10
genome-annotation10
ontology8
data-mining8
r8
monarchinitiative7
owl7
immunology6
geneontology6
anatomy5
python4
data-science2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OSS-Lab/MetQy
Nov 2017 - Jan 2021
Repository for R package MetQy (read related publication here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247936/)
Contributions:12 commits, 66 pushes, 11 comments in 3 years 2 months
rr-packagekeggmetabolismdata-mining
asmvernon/machine_learning_disease_detection
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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