Johan Persson
Founder & Lead Scientist at JNP Solutions
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolJohan Persson is a founder and lead scientist with 13 years of experience building scalable bioinformatics software and algorithms for large-scale genomic analysis. Based in Tokyo, he combines a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Tokyo with hands-on engineering at companies from Google and Bloomberg to domain-focused roles in wheat genomics, toxicology, and startups. He founded JNP Solutions to deliver R&D and production-grade tools that bridge research and applied genomics, valuing open source and deep technical challenges. His background spans front-office trading systems to academic postdoctoral research, giving him a rare perspective on performance, data integration, and real-world impact. Known for pragmatic pipeline and platform development, he is available for consulting and contracting to help scale complex bioinformatics workflows.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at University of TokyoBSc, Mathematics and Computing, BSc, Mathematics and Computing at Imperial College London
English, Swedish, Japanese
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Github Skills (55)
package-management10
r10
conda10
java10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
spark9
scala9
python9
jdbc9
swagger9
rest9
sql9
parsing9
swagger-codegen9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jtnystrom/Hypercut
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
Contributions:64 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 7 months
Toxygates/Panomicon
Jul 2012 - Jan 2023
Web-based multi-omics data analysis
Contributions:36 reviews, 2789 commits, 14 PRs in 10 years 8 months
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