Joel Ricci-lopez
Senior Data Scientist
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Ricci-lopez is a Senior Data Scientist with eight years of experience applying machine learning and data engineering to biological and commercial problems, currently driving customer analytics and automation at AB InBev. He builds end-to-end solutions—RFM and cohort segmentation, market-basket models, and automated SKU matching—using Python, PySpark, Azure Databricks, and Power BI to turn heterogeneous data into actionable sales and retention insights. Trained as a PhD in Biomathematics/Bioinformatics, he bridges high-performance scientific computing (molecular dynamics, HPC collaborations) and production ML, bringing rigorous research methods to business use cases. He has taught and mentored students in simulation and data analysis and completed intensive programs in deep learning and scientific software engineering, reflecting a strong foundation in both theory and reproducible workflows. Based in Ensenada, Mexico, he combines domain expertise in biological sciences with practical experience shipping analytics at scale. An often-overlooked strength is his hands-on background in web development and tooling, which helps him deliver polished dashboards and reproducible pipelines.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)AI Product Manager Artificial Intelligence, AI Product Manager Artificial Intelligence at UdacityLicenciatura en Biología, Licenciatura en Biología at Universidad del Mar (MX)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Github Skills (13)
virtual-screening9
docking9
shiny6
jekyll6
jekyll-theme6
machine-learning5
docker5
periodic4
garden3
python2
rdkit2
cheminformatics1
database1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jRicciL/covid_mexico_tracker
Mar 2020 - Feb 2022
A Shinny App for tracking COVID-19 cases in Mexico.
Contributions:72 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 1 year 11 months
casescovid-trackingshinytracking
jRicciL/ML-ensemble-docking
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Improving Structure-Based Virtual Screening with Ensemble Docking and Machine Learning
Contributions:224 commits, 2 PRs, 98 pushes in 1 year
ensemble-dockingdockingscreeningensembledocker
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