Jose Flores-canales
Principal Scientist Bioinformatician
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolJose Flores-canales is a Principal Scientist Bioinformatician with eight years of experience applying computational chemistry and molecular dynamics to design VHHs and VH/VL antibodies, currently leading bioinformatics efforts at Sanofi in Ghent. He brings a PhD from Carnegie Mellon and a deep academic pedigree including postdoctoral work in Denmark and research fellowships in South Korea, blending rigorous theory with practical, industry-focused protein engineering. His work spans from atomistic simulations to applied antibody design pipelines, enabling faster candidate optimization and more predictive in silico lead selection. Known for bridging academic research and pharma development, he often combines mechatronics-style systems thinking with molecular modeling to solve complex biomolecular problems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechatronics Engineering at National University of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, Danish, English
Github Skills (17)
plugin9
minecraft9
cheminformatics8
rdkit7
python7
computational-biology3
membranes3
large-scale2
solver2
interoperability2
computational-physics2
reproducible-research2
surface2
computational-chemistry1
fltk1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jfloresc/CSA
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
jfloresc/biopython
Feb 2024 - Oct 2025
Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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