Kirill Bessonov
Computational Biologist And Biological Software Developer
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKirill Bessonov is a computational biologist and biological software developer with nine years of experience building and automating NGS analysis pipelines and disease surveillance tools at the Public Health Agency of Canada. He brings a rare blend of wet-lab experience and in-silico expertise—spanning pathogen biology, structural biology, molecular dynamics, and antibiotic resistance genomics—into reproducible software like ECTYPER, SISTR and CryptoGenotyper. Comfortable across sequencing platforms and large-scale data workflows, he has improved LIMS integrations, web applications for accessibility, and BD2K processes in institutional settings. His PhD- and masters-trained background in bioinformatics and biomathematics underpins algorithm development for complex disease and antibody optimization problems. Colleagues rely on him to translate biological questions into robust, production-ready analytics that support surveillance and reference services.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology at Université de LiègeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, 82, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, 82 at University of GuelphAssociate's degree, Biotechnology technologist, 3.9, Associate's degree, Biotechnology technologist, 3.9 at Seneca
English, Spanish, French, Russian, Ukrainian
Github Skills (30)
package-management10
conda10
dendrogram10
bioinformatics10
assemblies10
subtyping10
clustering10
bioconda10
subtype9
phylogenetic-trees9
genomics8
command-line-tool8
treeview8
visualization7
ncbi7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kbessonov1984/VCFParser
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Parse iVar output into beautiful heatmaps based on pre-defined list of SNVs associated with COVID-19 VOC/VOIs
Contributions:1 release, 52 commits, 49 pushes in 5 months
heatmap
phac-nml/ArborView
Oct 2024 - Jun 2026
A new way to visualize beautiful phylogenetic trees alongside contextual data.
Contributions:5 releases, 7 reviews, 16 PRs in 1 year 8 months
phylogenetic-treesdendrogramtreesvisualizationultrametric
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