Pablo Riesgo-ferreiro
Senior Scientist BioAI Bioinformatics R&D
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolPablo Riesgo-ferreiro is a bioinformatics leader with over a decade of experience applying software engineering and data science to genomics and translational oncology. Currently a Senior Scientist in BioAI/Bioinformatics at BioNTech and an associate lecturer in Frankfurt, he blends R&D leadership with hands-on algorithm and platform development for clinical genomics. His background includes scaling interpretation platforms at Genomics England for the 100,000 Genomes Project and building analytics-driven diagnostic workflows at PerkinElmer, reflecting deep experience in productionising NGS pipelines and reducing human interpretation error. Comfortable straddling academia and industry, he has contributed to image-processing frameworks and bespoke Spotfire-based omics applications, showing a knack for translating research tools into robust products. Educated in computer science and bioinformatics across multiple European institutions, he pairs rigorous technical training with a pragmatic, product-focused mindset. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained trajectory from low-level software engineering to strategic bioAI roles, giving him both implementation fluency and systems-level perspective.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master Executive in Innovation, Master Executive in Innovation at Escuela de organizacion industrialComputer Science, Computer Science at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de LyonUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics and biostatistics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics and biostatistics at Universitat de BarcelonaMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica de MadridComputer Science, Computer Science at Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German
Github Skills (127)
variants10
package-management10
seq10
immunology10
nosql-database10
genomics10
nf-core10
next-generation-sequencing10
fastq-files10
nextflow10
rna-seq10
bioconda10
bcftools10
conda10
vcf-files10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
priesgo/leptospira-variant-calling
May 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 release, 42 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
TRON-Bioinformatics/tronflow-hla-hd
Nov 2022 - Mar 2024
A Nextflow workflow for HLA typing using HLA-HD
Contributions:3 releases, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 4 months
bioinformaticshla-typing
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