Justin Van Der Hooft
Assistant Professor In Computational Metabolomics At Bioinformatics Group At Wageningen University
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJustin Van Der Hooft is an Assistant Professor in Computational Metabolomics at Wageningen University with a decade of experience developing algorithms that bridge metabolomics, genomics, and natural language processing techniques. He focuses on improving structural annotation of metabolites from complex mixtures, pioneering applications of topic modeling and word-embedding approaches to reveal substructures and novel chemistry from spectral data. His work spans both fundamental method development and applied problems in the plant root microbiome and human food metabolome, aiming to link spectra to function and biosynthetic gene clusters. Known for hands-on expertise in mass spectrometry and NMR, he has a track record of translating fragmentation insights into practical annotation tools and discoveries in natural products and foodomics. Unusually for a computational scientist, he combines deep analytical chemistry experience with NLP-inspired models to tackle biological and biochemical interpretation challenges.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
within MSc, Fluorescence spectroscopy, within MSc, Fluorescence spectroscopy at MSc thesis on using fluorescence spectroscopy and FRET for exploring a protein-DNA interactionBachelor, Molecular Sciences, Bachelor, Molecular Sciences at Wageningen Universitywithin MSc, Analytical Chemistry, within MSc, Analytical Chemistry at Internship at the University of Copenhagen, Pharmaceutical DepartmentVWO - gymnasium, Both chemistry, physics, biology, as well as languages., VWO - gymnasium, Both chemistry, physics, biology, as well as languages. at Johan van Oldenbarneveltgymnasium te AmersfoortMSc and Bsc, Molecular Sciences, MSc and Bsc, Molecular Sciences at Wageningen University & Researchwithin MSc, photoacoustic spectroscopy, within MSc, photoacoustic spectroscopy at MSc thesis on studying the lycopene content of tomatoes and the depth profile of lycopene using photoacoustic spectroscopy
English, German, french (mainly reading)
Github Skills (52)
spectra10
tandem10
genomics10
mkdocs9
mass9
markdown9
spectral9
fuzzy-matching9
mass-spectrometry9
querying9
similarity8
fuzzy-search8
delta7
data-integration6
deep-learning6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
justinjjvanderhooft/GNPSDocumentation
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:5 pushes in 2 years 10 months
justinjjvanderhooft/planets-1
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
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