José Faria
Computational Biologist
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosé Faria is a computational biologist with over 15 years of experience applying bioinformatics, metabolic modeling, and regulatory network reconstruction to advance health and environmental research at Argonne National Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Bioengineering, authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, and was a Fulbright Scholar early in his career, reflecting sustained research excellence. At Argonne he progressed from guest researcher to lead computational biologist, combining hands-on model development with collaborative, cross-institutional projects including work linked to the University of Chicago Computation Institute. Recently he broadened his toolkit with executive-level training in product management and clinical trials/regulatory compliance to help translate academic science into industry-standard, regulated outcomes. Known for integrating genomic and metabolic data into predictive models, he brings both deep domain expertise and a pragmatic focus on delivering reproducible, team-oriented solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering at Universidade do Minho
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (20)
modeling-tool10
ontologies9
bioinformatics9
cobra6
python6
owl5
monarchinitiative4
adobe-xd4
linkml3
database3
react3
metadata3
databases3
sparql3
ontology2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jplfaria/CONCORDIA
Apr 2025 - Jun 2026
Contributions:1 release, 8 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 2 months
ModelSEED/ModelSEEDTemplates
Feb 2021 - Dec 2025
Contributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 6 PRs in 4 years 10 months
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