Andrés Figueroa
Big Data Analyst
Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrés Figueroa is a Big Data Analyst with 14 years of experience applying quantitative, simulation-driven approaches to complex biological and conservation questions and translating them into production-ready code. With a PhD in Population Genetics and a long research track record, he has built simulation engines and analysis pipelines in C++, Java, Python and R for genomics, methylation and transcriptomics studies, often for non-model organisms without reference genomes. Now at Marine Instruments he focuses on turning deep analytical insight into actionable outcomes, bridging research rigor with operational impact. Andrés combines strong statistical modeling skills with practical software development—he has authored tools like metapop2 and the R package msap—and a history of mentoring students and collaborating internationally. Based in Vigo, Spain, he brings a rare mix of domain expertise in evolutionary genetics and hands-on data engineering that accelerates data-driven decisions in marine and biomedical contexts.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Population Genetics, PhD, Population Genetics at Universidade de Vigo
English, Spanish, Galician
Stackoverflow
83reputation
8kreached
5answers
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Github Skills (28)
computational-biology8
systems-biology8
shiny-server8
meta-analysis7
mechanism7
population-genetics7
genomics6
bioinformatics6
ggplot6
bitbucket6
plotly6
httr6
shiny6
plot6
barchart6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
anpefi/msap
Jun 2012 - Mar 2019
Contributions:1 release, 72 commits, 14 pushes in 6 years 10 months
anpefi/myconfigs
Jan 2016 - Sep 2021
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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