Pierre Poulain
Associate Professor In Bioinformatics
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolPierre Poulain is an Associate Professor in Bioinformatics based in Paris with 16 years of experience applying computational methods to mass spectrometry and structural biology. He holds a PhD in Physics and blends deep research expertise (molecular modeling, protein/DNA docking) with practical software development in C++ and Python, plus Unix systems administration. Pierre teaches Python, Bash and open science practices while leading method development for mass-spec data analysis and bioinformatics project management. His career includes impactful industry and field work—revamping IT infrastructure at TotalEnergies, building GIS reporting tools that won a company award, and developing digital solutions to fight malaria during a four-year sabbatical in Congo. An open-science advocate and educator, he also maintains a long-standing interest in reproducible computational workflows and capacity building in low-resource settings. Colleagues know him as a problem-solver who comfortably moves between hands-on coding, algorithm design and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Sciences, Cheminformatics, Master of Sciences, Cheminformatics at The University of ManchesterPhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I)Diplome d'ingénieur chimiste, chemistry, Diplome d'ingénieur chimiste, chemistry at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier/ENSCM
English, French, munukutuba
Github Skills (151)
rkt10
package-management10
workspace10
bash10
to-do10
javascript10
browser10
pyodide10
webassembly10
webdav10
bioconda10
evernote10
jupyter10
katacoda10
conda10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
pierrepo/intro-jupyter
Sep 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:99 pushes, 3 branches, 1 comment in 5 years 3 months
patrickfuchs/cours-unix
Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:52 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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