Nicolae Sapoval
Postdoctoral Associate
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolNicolae Sapoval is a postdoctoral associate in computer science at Rice University with 11 years of experience blending algorithm design, mathematical modeling, and applied bioinformatics. He holds a PhD from Rice and dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Chicago, and his research centers on scalable phylogenomic network inference and accelerated Bayesian methods for large models. Nicolae’s doctoral work developed algorithms for metagenome-scale pathogen surveillance and mathematical models of microbial community dynamics, complementing earlier projects in molecular dynamics and network simulation. He also spent time in fintech consulting, bringing practical data engineering and analytics experience to his research. Based in Houston but originally from Chisinau, Moldova, he combines rigorous theory with hands-on software development and a knack for data visualization.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Rice UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at The University of Chicago
English, Russian, Romanian
Github Skills (27)
metagenomics8
bioinformatics8
database6
conda6
bioconda5
profiling5
package-management5
snakemake5
random-forest3
anomaly-detection3
open-source3
ensemble-learning2
machine-learning2
inference2
graph2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
treangenlab/lemur
Mar 2024 - Feb 2026
Lemur is a tool for rapid and accurate taxonomic profiling on long-read metagenomic datasets
Contributions:1 release, 7 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 11 months
profilinglong-read-sequencinglong-readsmetagenomic-analysismetagenomic-classification
nsapoval/cocktails
Jul 2024 - Oct 2025
Contributions:33 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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