Benjamín Sánchez
Senior Research Scientist at Novonesis
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolBenjamín Sánchez is a computational biologist and Senior Research Scientist with 11 years of experience building and applying metabolic models and bioinformatics solutions across academia and industry. He holds a PhD in Bioscience and has led R&D projects, co-supervised students, and delivered software such as a metabolic network visualization platform while working on metabolic and multi-omics analyses. Based in Copenhagen, he has contributed to prominent open-source work in constraint-based modeling (COBRApy), improving core data structures and test coverage that support metabolic network research. Known for being organized, passionate and upbeat, he bridges rigorous computational methods with practical project management to drive translational research. Ambitious for an international research trajectory, he actively expands his professional network to foster collaborations across academia and biotech.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Area, Master of Science in Engineering Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Area at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioscience at Chalmers University of Technology
Swedish, Danish, Spanish, English
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Github Skills (11)
constraint-layout10
constraint10
constraint-satisfaction10
python10
cobra10
modeling10
metabolic-models10
unit-testing9
sbml9
computational-biology8
bioinformatics8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
opencobra/cobrapy
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
COBRApy is a package for constraint-based modeling of metabolic networks.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamín primarily contributed to the core logic and internal workings of the cobrapy library. Their commits focused on modifying data structures within the `cobra.core` module, specifically switching group types and ensuring member order. The user also updated documentation and fixed issues related to SBML terms. Additionally, the user incorporated test cases to validate the behavior of the `group.members` to maintain data integrity.
pythonsystems-biologysimulationsbml-simulationbioinformatics
BenjaSanchez/notebooks
Oct 2019 - Dec 2024
jupyter notebooks for poking and prodding
Contributions:41 PRs, 82 pushes, 29 branches in 5 years 3 months
pythonjupyter-notebooknotebooksjupyterjupyter-notebooks
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