Ralph Cacho
Science Teaching Experience For Postdoc (STEP) Fellow at Pacific Science Center
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRalph Cacho is a PhD-trained researcher and educator blending a decade of hands-on protein engineering and natural products biochemistry with practical computational skills in Python, bioinformatics, Rosetta, and machine learning. As a STEP Fellow and former Baker lab postdoc, he designs de novo proteins, performs structural and thermodynamic characterization, and teaches data-driven approaches to protein structure prediction. His background spans enzymology, fungal genetics, metabolic engineering, and structural methods (NMR, X-ray, ITC), giving him a rare ability to move projects from genetic design through biophysical validation. He mentors students in applied data science and has translated research tools into classroom-ready activities, reflecting strong science communication experience from public outreach at the Pacific Science Center. Based in California, he combines academic rigor with practical software engineering instincts—often leveraging Python for both experimental data analysis and computational design workflows.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Tagalog
Github Skills (23)
javascript7
role-based7
monorepo6
discord-bot6
typescript6
gauge6
webpack6
discord-js6
dog5
build-system5
discord5
commando4
laravel4
php4
bundler4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ralphiz/lulu-bot
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
A Discord bot with dog related things.
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 6 months
discord-jsdiscordbotdiscord-botdog
ralphiz/ralphiz
Jul 2020 - Jun 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 3 years 11 months
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