Edgar Nogales
ICT Emergency Response Referent at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolEdgar Nogales is an ICT emergency response specialist and software engineer with 11 years of experience applying HPC, reproducible bioinformatics pipelines, and pragmatic IT systems to humanitarian crises. With a PhD in bioinformatics and senior roles at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, he brings deep expertise in workflow automation, Nextflow pipelines, and scalable data analysis that he now applies to resilient field communications and decision-support. He has hands-on search-and-rescue experience—K9 handler and RHIB operator—which informs robust, field-tested SOPs and logistics for high-risk deployments across Sudan, Chad, Angola and the Mediterranean. An active open-source contributor, he has maintained Bioconda recipes to keep bioinformatics tooling portable in production environments. Preparing to transition into coordination roles, he blends technical leadership, rapid-deployment agility, and a belief that underused data can greatly reduce operational risk.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree software development, Bachelor's degree software development at UnisinosMaster of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpecialization Diploma Crisis Management and Strategic Planning, Specialization Diploma Crisis Management and Strategic Planning at United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)Grado en Ingeniería Informática Computer Science, Grado en Ingeniería Informática Computer Science at Universidad de MurciaComputer science Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Computer science Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Lodz University of TechnologyBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Simpson CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Italian
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Github Skills (13)
bioinformatics10
bash10
conda10
package-management10
makefile9
gnu-make9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
zeromq6
jupyter6
python5
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 10 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Edgar primarily contributed to the development of bioinformatics packages within the bioconda-recipes repository. Their work involved adding and modifying build scripts and patches for various software tools like ProbCons, AMAP, Proda, and FSA. They focused on ensuring these packages integrated correctly within the conda environment. The user also updated existing packages, such as T-coffee, to newer versions, ensuring compatibility and maintaining the repository's currency.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
edgano/nextflow
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
A DSL for data-driven computational pipelines
Contributions:22 PRs, 57 pushes, 8 branches in 9 months
data-drivendataframespipelinepipeline-frameworkdsl
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