Mervin Fansler
Postdoctoral Researcher at Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMervin Fansler is a computational biologist and software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently a postdoctoral researcher at BRIC, University of Copenhagen. He builds reproducible, production-ready bioinformatics tooling—most notably scUTRquant for quantifying 3'UTR isoforms from single-cell RNA-seq—and actively maintains critical packaging infrastructure for the community as an R-team member at conda-forge and Bioconda. His background blends a PhD in Computational Biology with a strong CS/math foundation, enabling him to bridge experimental questions and robust software engineering. Notable but less obvious: he contributes low-level build fixes and patches (e.g., threading fixes in r-archr) that keep complex package ecosystems reliable for other researchers.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science; Mathematics (Double Major), Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors (Mathematics), Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science; Mathematics (Double Major), Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors (Mathematics) at Millersville University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
English, Danish
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Github Skills (43)
jquery-plugin10
conda-forge10
twitter-bootstrap10
jquery10
python10
package-management10
r10
packaging10
bash10
conda10
enviroment10
anaconda10
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Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/r-projpred-feedstock
Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
A conda-smithy repository for r-projpred.
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
condasmithy
conda-forge/pymde-feedstock
Mar 2021 - Feb 2024
A conda-smithy repository for pymde.
Contributions:19 reviews, 16 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 11 months
pythoncondasmithy
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