Eduardo Castro-nallar
Professor at Universidad de Talca
Ashburn, Virginia, Chile
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Top SchoolEduardo Castro-nallar is a professor and evolutionary biologist with 11 years of experience applying molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and phylodynamics to infectious disease research. He leads laboratory efforts that combine genomics, comparative genomics, and metagenomics to trace pathogen spread, uncover molecular adaptations, and probe host-microbe interactions. As a former co-founder of a genomics-driven diagnostics company, he pairs academic rigor with practical experience deploying NGS and Bayesian methods for pathogen detection. Educated with PhDs in Genome Sciences and Evolutionary Biology, he has held faculty roles in Chile and contributed NGS consulting and lab leadership across academia and industry. Based in Ashburn, Virginia while rooted in Chile, he brings a global perspective to pathogen evolution and microbial ecology studies.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genome Sciences/Genomics, Phylogenetics, Infectious diseases, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genome Sciences/Genomics, Phylogenetics, Infectious diseases at The George Washington UniversityBSc, Biochemistry, BSc, Biochemistry at Universidad de Santiago de ChileDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Evolutionary Biology, Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Evolutionary Biology, Doctorate at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (33)
credit10
bacteria8
infectious-diseases8
bioinformatics7
sequencing7
commercial7
genomics7
nanoid6
fasta6
genome-annotation6
microbiome6
bioconductor6
genome6
user-guide6
pathogen5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ecastron/PS_demo
Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:46 commits, 10 pushes in 7 months
bioinf-biotec/labs_bioinf
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:78 commits, 92 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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