Hector Castellanos
Research Scientist IV at California Department of Public Health
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolHector Castellanos is a research scientist with 14 years of experience blending academic rigor and applied public-health research, currently serving as Research Scientist IV at the California Department of Public Health. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and spent seven years in research roles at UC Berkeley, where his work bridged computational methods and health metrics, reflected in publications indexed on ResearchGate and Google Scholar. His background in mechatronics and early industry consulting (including embedded PCB design and automotive electrical systems) gives him uncommon hands-on hardware and systems intuition for a computational researcher. Hector’s trajectory includes time at IHME and contributions to noisy-vision localization projects, signaling a pragmatic approach to building robust models and tools under real-world constraints. Based in Berkeley, he brings a hybrid skill set—deep quantitative research, systems engineering experience, and public-health impact—that helps translate complex analyses into operational policy insights.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Mechatronics, GPA: 90/100 or 3.6/4.00, Bachelor, Mechatronics, GPA: 90/100 or 3.6/4.00 at Tecnológico de MonterreyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, GPA: 97/100 or 3.88/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, GPA: 97/100 or 3.88/4.00 at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
English, French
Github Skills (12)
network10
graph10
network-analysis10
graph-theory10
data-wrangling9
particle-swarm-optimization9
genetic-algorithm8
drive8
machine-learning-models7
machine-learning6
python6
forecasting2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Chipdelmal/MoNeT_DA
Nov 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 1177 pushes, 4 tags in 4 years
Chipdelmal/MoNeT_ML
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Mosquito Networks Taskforce: Machine Learning Models
Contributions:106 commits, 3 PRs, 106 pushes in 1 year 11 months
mosquitocrisprmodelmachine-learninggene
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