Cristian Roman
Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolCristian Roman is an Assistant Professor and biological data scientist based in Tucson with a decade of experience applying bioinformatics and machine learning to questions in ecology and evolution. His trajectory spans field-based biology in Colombia to a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and postdoctoral and research fellow roles at UCLA and Temple, reflecting a rare combination of hands-on ecological expertise and computational rigor. He leads research that integrates evolutionary theory with scalable data analysis, translating complex genomic and ecological datasets into testable biological insights. Known for bridging academic research and practical bioinformatics, he mentors students while maintaining active collaborative projects across institutions. An understated strength is his fluency in both tropical field ecology and modern computational workflows, enabling study designs that are both biologically grounded and data-rich.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBiologo, Ecología, evolución, biología sistemática y biología de las poblaciones, Biologo, Ecología, evolución, biología sistemática y biología de las poblaciones at Universidad del Valle (CO)
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
415reputation
25kreached
18answers
6questions
Github Skills (60)
bootswatch10
r-package9
liquid9
phylogenetic-trees9
shiny-apps8
ropensci8
jekyll-theme8
jekyll8
software-quality8
bioinformatics8
r8
project-management7
meta-analysis7
trello7
static-html7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cromanpa94/rPHYLOTA
Feb 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:100 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
Tripati-Lab/BayClump
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
Repo for BayClump Shiny Dashboard
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 153 commits in 1 year 3 months
shinydashboard
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