Michael Jochum
Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Jochum is an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital with nine years of experience applying bioinformatics and machine learning to maternal-fetal medicine. He transitioned from a bioinformatics postdoc to a faculty role while leveraging a PhD in plant pathology and microbiology, giving him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on host–microbiome interactions and computational biology. His work blends rigorous wet-lab experience with data-driven modeling, informed by earlier research in microbiology and commercial-scale algal cultivation. A former Army Medical Service Corps officer, he brings operational leadership, logistics experience, and a security-cleared mindset to clinical research teams. Colleagues know him for translating complex biological questions into actionable computational pipelines that aim to improve perinatal outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (79)
nmf10
biodiversity10
bioinformatics10
nextflow9
taxonomy9
kraken9
package-management9
bioconductor9
microbiome9
sequence9
illumina9
biology9
classification9
conda9
bioconda8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
COV-IRT/microbial
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:19 commits, 2 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 years 9 months
MADscientist314/madscientist314.github.io
Feb 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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