Jean Peccoud
Louisville, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Peccoud is a Professor Emeritus and interdisciplinary researcher who blends bioengineering, systems engineering, and entrepreneurship to help organizations make responsible decisions under structural uncertainty. He founded GenoFAB and the Colorado Biofoundry to translate synthetic biology research into reliable tools, and launched the journal Synthetic Biology to shape the field’s scholarly discourse. A pilot and former flight instructor, he brings practical crisis-decision experience—including managing in-flight emergencies—to his work on resilience when there is no stable baseline to return to. With over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 5,000+ citations, his career spans academic leadership, startup productization, and public engagement on climate and institutional resilience. Based in Louisville, Colorado, he now leads independent projects and Arctic-informed public initiatives that connect climate science, policy, and lived experience to build adaptive strategies for irreversible change.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Molecular biology bioinformatics, PhD Molecular biology bioinformatics at Université Grenoble AlpesMS Genetics Molecular Biology, MS Genetics Molecular Biology at AgroParisTechNA Biology Mathematics Physics, NA Biology Mathematics Physics at Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
English, French
Github Skills (45)
counter9
video-player9
source-engine9
genomics8
swift8
sequencing8
player8
mpv8
bioinformatics8
r-package8
next-generation-sequencing8
structural-variation7
htslib7
linux7
macos7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jeanlain/HTvertebrates
Nov 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:80 commits, 77 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
jeanlain/STRyper
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:17 releases, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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