Juan Vazquez
Assistant Professor at University of California, Berkeley
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJuan Vazquez is an Assistant Professor and evolutionary biogerontologist with nine years of interdisciplinary research experience spanning molecular biology, organic chemistry, and comparative genomics. He leads work on the evolution of longevity and tumor suppression in extraordinary mammals—particularly bats, cetaceans, and humans—combining field sampling, functional genomics, and cellular validation with a "farm-to-table genomics" approach. Trained as a PhD in Human Genetics and seasoned by postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley, he excels at pattern recognition, problem-solving, and translating computational discoveries into in vitro experiments. Beyond the lab, he brings interests in programming, bioethics, and public policy, reflecting a rare blend of bench skills and policy-minded perspective. An engaging mentor and communicator, he is building a lab at Penn State focused on mechanistic and evolutionary questions about lifespan that encourage student-driven projects.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B.s. Biology, conc. Molecular Genetics; B.a. Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Chemistry, French, B.s. Biology, conc. Molecular Genetics; B.a. Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Chemistry, French at University of RochesterDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human/Medical Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human/Medical Genetics at The University of Chicago
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (62)
open-science10
hugo-theme10
hugo10
forestry10
page-builder10
netlify10
jupyter10
r10
sequence-alignment10
rstudio10
phylogenetics10
rmarkdown10
bioinformatics10
protein-structure10
genomics10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
docmanny/docmanny.github.io
Sep 2018 - Mar 2025
Official website
Contributions:43 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 6 months
docmanny/RecSearch
Nov 2016 - Aug 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 142 commits, 107 pushes in 4 years 9 months
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