Emmanuel Noutahi
Principal Scientist at Valence Labs
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEmmanuel Noutahi is a Principal Scientist and Head of Platform with 12 years of experience at the intersection of computation, genomics, and machine learning, currently leading the Biomodality Research Unit at Valence Labs within Recursion. Trained in computer science, bioinformatics and ML (PhD, Université de Montréal), he combines deep academic expertise in genome evolution with several years of production software engineering and platform leadership. He has progressed from hands-on ML engineering to directing platform strategy for AI-driven drug discovery, shepherding technology through Valence’s spinout and acquisition. An active contributor to Biopython, he has improved codon alignment robustness and added unit tests and pseudocount support—evidence of his pragmatic focus on reproducible, well-tested bioinformatics tooling. Based in Montreal, he blends rigorous theory with product-focused delivery to accelerate computational approaches for complex disease.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology at Université de Montréal
French, English
Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
bioinformatics10
biopython10
sequence-alignment10
python10
excel-dna8
proteins8
genomics7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
biopython/biopython
May 2015 - Sep 2016
Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Emmanuel focused on bug fixes and improvements within the Biopython library, specifically in the codon alignment module. Their commits addressed issues related to codon table usage and translation errors. Furthermore, the user added unit tests to improve the reliability of the codon alignment functionality, showcasing their commitment to code quality. Additionally, they contributed to the AlignInfo module by adding pseudo count support for information content computation.
git-repositoryphylogeneticspythondnagenomics
datamol-io/medchem
Dec 2023 - Jan 2025
Molecular filtering for drug discovery.
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 8 PRs in 1 year 1 month
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