Camila González
Research Software Engineer at Institut Pasteur
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolCamila González is a research engineer and bioinformatician based in Paris with a PhD from Sorbonne Université and eight years of experience turning complex biological datasets into robust, production-ready solutions. She specializes in k-mer algorithms, contamination removal for palaeometagenomics, scalable data pipelines, and ML-driven analysis, with a track record of shipping tools from PhD research through postdoctoral work to an institute-level engineering role at Institut Pasteur. Comfortable bridging wet-lab provenance and large-scale computational workflows, she combines cloud-native practices and workflow optimization with clear communication to non-technical stakeholders. Early career roles at the Max Planck institutes and interdisciplinary training across Colombia, Bonn and Paris give her a rare blend of hands-on molecular lab skills and advanced algorithmic expertise. She often applies bioinformatics methods to preserve historical microbiome signals, highlighting a practical commitment to reproducible, contamination-aware analysis.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics at Sorbonne UniversitéBachelor of Engineering - BE Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaM.SC. LiFE SCiENCE INFORMATiCS, M.SC. LiFE SCiENCE INFORMATiCS at Bonn UniversityMaster's degree Life Science Informatics, Master's degree Life Science Informatics at The University of Bonn
Spanish, English, German, French
Github Skills (29)
package-management10
conda10
bioinformatics10
plotly9
calculus9
flask9
bioconda9
metagenomics8
python8
matrix8
sequencing8
expectation-maximization8
science7
bioconductor6
gdc5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CamilaDuitama/MasterThesis
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:142 commits, 129 pushes, 1 issue in 8 months
CamilaDuitama/RascovanProject
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:246 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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