Kent Shefchek
Bioinformatics Data Engineer
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKent Shefchek is a Bioinformatics Data Engineer with 12 years of experience building scientific software that integrates biomedicine and genomics. He specializes in knowledge graphs, machine learning, and expert-driven systems to help researchers explore and connect disparate datasets, contributing to projects like the Monarch Initiative, Phenomics First, and the Biomedical Data Translator. Based in Frederick, MD, he has progressed from bioinformatics analyst roles to senior engineering positions and now works at Helix, bringing both academic and industry perspectives. Kent pairs an MS in Biotechnology (bioinformatics) with hands-on data engineering practice, notably turning complex phenomic and translational data into accessible, queryable resources for discovery.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Biotechnology: Bioinformatics Specialization, MS, Biotechnology: Bioinformatics Specialization at University of Maryland Global CampusThe University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (174)
parser10
web-application10
python10
ontology10
semantic-web10
linkml10
shacl10
specification10
owl10
ontologies10
triplestore10
django10
semantics10
data-model10
neo4j10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
monarch-initiative/analysis-sandbox
May 2016 - Nov 2021
Scripts to analyze monarch data sets and scigraph
Contributions:2 PRs, 138 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 6 months
pythondata-setsanalyzescigraph
kshefchek/ontobio
Apr 2017 - May 2021
python library for working with ontologies and ontology associations
Contributions:55 pushes, 15 branches in 4 years 1 month
python-librarypythonowlsemanticsobofoundry
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