Kenneth Verheggen
Software Engineer at Say It Labs
Harelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolKenneth Verheggen is a software engineer and researcher with a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and over 12 years of experience building AI-driven solutions across speech technology, digital health, and proteomics. At Say It Labs he focuses on speech recognition and assistive technologies, blending conversational AI and LLM expertise to improve communication accessibility. His background spans academic and industry roles—from mass-spec proteomics and bioinformatics pipelines to VR protein visualization and automation at UCB—bringing a rare combination of lab-grade rigor and production software skills. Kenneth publishes in technical domains and applies research-grade methods to engineering problems, often translating complex biological data workflows into usable tools. Based in Harelbeke, Belgium, he is passionate about pushing boundaries at the intersection of science, game development, and applied AI.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Health Science, Biomedical Sciences, General and BioInformatics, Doctor of Health Science, Biomedical Sciences, General and BioInformatics at Ghent UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Industrial Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Industrial Engineering, Distinction at Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome HogeschoolMaster of Science - MS, Biomedical Sciences, Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Biomedical Sciences, Distinction at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Dutch, French, English
Github Skills (12)
bioinformatics9
mass-spectrometry9
computational-biology9
systems-biology9
biology8
java7
data-management4
java-api1
ms-data1
metadata1
api1
file-format1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
compomics/pladipus
Jul 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:176 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 4 months
PRIDE-Toolsuite/PRIDEParametersExtractor
Jan 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:42 commits in 3 years
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