Pierre-alain Chaumeil
Senior Researcher at Aalborg University
Aalborg, North Denmark Region, Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolPierre-alain Chaumeil is a senior researcher and software developer with 11 years of experience specialising in bioinformatics software, package maintenance, and reproducible workflows. Based in Aalborg and affiliated with both Aalborg University and The University of Queensland, he has spent nearly a decade building and supporting bioinformatics infrastructure at the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics and QFAB. His hands-on DevOps work on high-impact projects like bioconda-recipes shows a strong focus on robust package build configuration, data management, and improving installation workflows for genomic tools. Comfortable at the interface of research and production, he translates complex bioinformatics requirements into stable, user-friendly tooling and documentation. Trained in bioinformatics at Université de Bordeaux, he brings a blend of academic rigour and practical engineering to biosecurity and genomics software challenges.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters BioInformatics, Masters BioInformatics at Université de Bordeaux
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics10
conda10
bash10
script10
wget10
package-management10
dockers3
docker3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Feb 2021 - May 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Pierre-alain primarily focused on modifying the `download-db.sh` and `build.sh` scripts within the bioconda-recipes repository. They updated the database download URLs, file names, and extraction processes for the GTDB-Tk database, suggesting a focus on data management and workflow improvements related to the bioinformatics packages. Furthermore, the user adjusted post-installation instructions. This indicates responsibility for package build configuration and ensuring the correct setup and usability of the bioinformatics tools.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
Ecogenomics/hatchet
Apr 2020 - May 2022
Tools used to split the GTDB-Tk reference tree into smaller sub trees
Contributions:6 PRs, 14 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
splitsmallergtdbtrees
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