Jean-philippe Fortin
Senior Principal Scientist (Bioinformatics)
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJean-philippe Fortin is a Senior Principal Scientist in bioinformatics with 12 years of experience developing biostatistics methods and software tools for Genentech, where he progressed through roles from Associate Scientist to his current leadership position. He holds a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, combining rigorous statistical training with applied genomics. Based in Los Angeles, he blends method development, software engineering, and team leadership to translate complex statistical problems into production-ready tools for drug discovery. Outside work he contributes as a freelancer and is the creator behind the @crisprVerse ecosystem, signaling active engagement in open-source CRISPR-focused bioinformatics.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biostatistics, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biostatistics at University of PennsylvaniaJohns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science, Honours Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science, Honours Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (43)
genome10
multi-site-imaging10
imaging10
normalization10
bioconductor10
statistical-learning9
python9
sampling9
neuroimaging9
bioinformatics9
eve9
genomics9
dna-sequences9
bowtie8
editors8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
crisprVerse/Tutorials
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:1 release, 40 commits, 27 pushes in 1 month
Jfortin1/crisprDesign
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
Core functions for CRISPR design
Contributions:1 PR, 129 pushes, 16 branches in 6 months
crisprcrispr-design
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