Summary
John Eargle is a Senior Principal Engineer and computational biophysicist with 15 years of experience at L7 Informatics, blending deep domain expertise in phylogenetics, homology-based protein structure prediction, molecular dynamics, and structure alignment with practical software engineering. He holds a PhD in Biophysics and Computational Biology and has a strong academic pedigree from UIUC and UT Austin, where he developed novel analysis methods for allosteric signaling and produced widely used MD and bioinformatics tools. John’s work focuses on macromolecules involved in protein synthesis, and he has a track record of mentoring students and releasing research-grade analysis software to the community. Based in Austin, he combines research rigor with production engineering to deliver robust computational solutions at the intersection of structural biology and scalable informatics.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science / Liberal Arts Honors, BA, Computer Science / Liberal Arts Honors at The University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Biophysics and Computational Biology, PhD, Biophysics and Computational Biology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, German