Emiliano Flores
Bioinformatics Scientist
Calafell, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolEmiliano Flores is a bioinformatics scientist and co-founder of Ocean BioMetrics with 11 years of experience turning marine meta-omics into actionable biodiversity metrics for conservation and biodiversity finance. Holding a PhD in Bioinformatics from Jacobs University Bremen and the Max Planck Institute, he combines microbial ecology, machine learning, and high-performance computing to build scalable pipelines that recover high-quality MAGs, detect biosynthetic potential, and support environmental monitoring. As an associate professor at Universidad de la República he develops teaching and research programs in metabarcoding and metagenomics while translating complex genomic data into decision-grade insights. He has led bioprospecting initiatives and tool development at NewAtlantis Labs and brings a rare mix of academic rigor and product-oriented engineering to sustainable ocean management. Notably, he operates at the intersection of science and impact, designing platforms intended to make genomic datasets investable assets for measurable conservation outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Jacobs University BremenMaster's degree, Bioinformatics, Master's degree, Bioinformatics at Universidad de la República
Github Skills (11)
microbiome8
genomes8
bioconductor8
taxonomy7
metagenomics7
genomics7
bioinformatics7
recovery5
clustering4
modular3
inference2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pereiramemo/BiG-MEx
Jul 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 299 commits, 247 pushes in 4 years 7 months
pereiramemo/bgcpred
Jul 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 release, 80 pushes, 2 tags in 5 years 5 months
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