Nick Semenkovich
Assistant Professor, Department Of Biomedical Engineering at Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolNick Semenkovich is a physician-scientist and MD/PhD-trained biomedical engineer who leads a research lab and serves as Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the Medical College of Wisconsin, directing efforts at the intersection of data science and clinical translation. With 17 years of experience spanning academic medicine, postdoctoral cfDNA diagnostics research, and clinical training in endocrinology and oncology, he combines patient-centered insight with rigorous computational methods. He also brings deep software and database engineering experience from contributions to major open-source projects like Biopython and early work at Google, enabling robust data pipelines and test-driven improvements for biological codebases. Founder of a niche information-security consultancy, he blends operational security, engineering discipline, and translational research to pursue precision and n=1 therapeutics. Based in Milwaukee, he’s a prolific collaborator with roots at MIT, Brigham and Women’s, and WashU, and balances a research career with family life as “Dad⁴.”
17 years of coding experience
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Doctor of Medicine - MD at Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSB, Computer Science (Course 6) & SB Biology (Course 7), SB, Computer Science (Course 6) & SB Biology (Course 7) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (13)
bioinformatics10
sqlite10
sql10
python10
database-design10
testing10
performance-optimization9
database-administration9
biopython8
powershell6
argparse6
azure6
azure-active-directory6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
biopython/biopython
Sep 2012 - Oct 2012
Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:13 commits, 1 comment in 26 days
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on database-related improvements and code optimization within the Biopython repository. Their contributions involved migrating database tests to utilize a RAM-based file system for speed improvements, reflecting a deep understanding of database performance and testing methodologies. They refactored code, replacing string.find() calls with "in" operators for enhanced readability and performance. Additionally, they implemented code to handle proper database teardown and cleanup after tests. The user also made database schema modifications and fixed test failures.
git-repositoryphylogeneticspythondnagenomics
semenko/https-everywhere
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:84 pushes, 37 branches, 2 tags in 11 months
gitwebsecuritygithub-mirrorhttps-everywherepull-requests
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