Joost Wagenaar
I3H - Data Informatics Core Leadership Position
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoost Wagenaar is a biomedical informatics leader and platform builder with 10+ years of experience creating cloud-native ecosystems that accelerate collaborative, multi-modal scientific research. As an assistant professor and leader of the I3H Data Informatics Core at the University of Pennsylvania, he has led data cores for major NIH programs (SPARC, HEAL, Epilepsy.Science) and helped scale platforms from Ieeg.org to Blackfynn and Pennsieve. He combines hands-on engineering and product instincts from his startup experience with deep domain expertise in neuroengineering and clinical research workflows. Joost focuses on making scientific data transparent and discoverable—connecting the right data to the right people at the right time—while prioritizing sustainable, scalable tooling for visualization, integration, and analysis. He also trains the next generation of clinical researchers and data scientists to leverage these platforms, translating complex research needs into practical, production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS Electrical Engineering, MS Electrical Engineering at University of TwentePh.D. BioEngineering, Ph.D. BioEngineering at University of Pittsburgh
Dutch, English
Github Skills (57)
client-library10
portal10
web-application9
command-line-interface9
manifest9
django9
synchronization9
golang9
agent9
api9
python-client9
grpc9
cli9
sparc8
python8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
nih-sparc/data-portal
Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
Source code for NIH SPARC Data Portal
Contributions:182 commits, 147 PRs, 135 pushes in 11 months
sparcnihdata-portalportal
Pennsieve/pennsieve-app-2
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Pennsieve Data Management Web Application
Contributions:1 release, 25 reviews, 194 commits in 1 year 9 months
data-managementweb-applicationvuejs
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