Fengchao Yu
Research Assistant Professor at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolFengchao Yu is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan with 11 years of experience at the intersection of proteomics, computational biology, and machine learning. He is the lead developer and maintainer of widely used proteomics tools FragPipe, MSFragger, and IonQuant, driving reproducible, high-throughput mass-spectrometry analysis for the community. His work blends statistical rigor and software engineering to turn complex proteomics algorithms into performant, user-friendly pipelines used by labs worldwide. Trained with a PhD from HKUST and a master’s from Zhejiang University, he progressed through roles from research associate to investigator and faculty while maintaining active open-source stewardship. Less obvious: beyond code and papers, he focuses on making advanced algorithms accessible to bench scientists, shrinking the gap between computational advances and everyday experimental workflows.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master's degree at Zhejiang UniversityHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
English, Chinese
Github Skills (140)
mass10
windows10
command-line-interface10
wavelet10
regression10
clustering10
ms-data10
genetic-algorithm10
sublime-text10
dia10
linux10
mass-spectrometry10
sql10
pipeline10
database10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Nesvilab/msconvert-scripts
Apr 2023 - Nov 2024
Some shell scripts related to Thermo Fisher raw format conversion using msconvert
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 6 months
fcyu/ECL
May 2016 - Dec 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 13 pushes, 3 tags in 7 years 7 months
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