Jong Cheol Jeong
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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SeniorJong Cheol Jeong is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Kentucky and manager of the Markey Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Data Commons, bringing 12 years of experience at the intersection of computational biology, machine learning, and translational cancer research. He develops and applies advanced informatics and sequencing-based methods to discover biomarkers and enable precision diagnostics and therapeutics, with hands-on expertise in computational pathology, RNA medicine, and high-dimensional data analysis. His background includes a postdoc at Harvard Medical School’s Beck Lab and significant software engineering experience building tools like the MD simulation ST-analyzer and circular RNA identification pipelines. Jong combines strong academic credentials (PhD in Bioengineering) with practical software delivery—Python, Django, and MD analysis APIs—to produce reproducible, user-facing research software. He maintains an open, collaborative approach to tool development (ST-analyzer remains publicly available) and actively bridges high-performance computing environments with biomedical research workflows. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex biological questions into scalable computational solutions that advance cancer precision medicine.
12 years of coding experienceGithub contributions (1)
stanalyzer/ST-analyzer
Oct 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:28 commits in 6 months
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