Rodrigo Santibanez-palominos
Assistant Project Scientist at UC San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolRodrigo Santibanez-palominos is an assistant project scientist and computational biologist with nine years of experience modeling complex biological and biochemical systems and developing metabolic modeling software. He holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences (Computational Biology) from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and trained in molecular biotechnology at Universidad de Chile, combining wet‑lab understanding with strong computational and systems-administration skills. At UC San Diego he progressed from postdoctoral work in the Zengler Lab to his current faculty-affiliated role, focusing on building reproducible tools for microbial systems analysis. A GitHub and synthetic biology enthusiast, he bridges research and software engineering to turn mechanistic models into usable code, often working on end-to-end pipelines that few biologists develop themselves. Based in San Diego, he brings a pragmatic, interdisciplinary approach that accelerates translational microbiome and metabolic research.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctorate Engineering Sciences Computational Biology, Doctorate Engineering Sciences Computational Biology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileMolecular Biotechnology Engineering Biotechnology, Molecular Biotechnology Engineering Biotechnology at Universidad de Chile
Github Skills (78)
kappa10
systems-biology9
pandas8
python8
ipython8
calibration8
simulation8
matplotlib8
rule8
d3js8
notebook7
data-visualization7
data-science7
jupyter7
biology7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
glucksfall/pleiades
Dec 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
networkbiolab/nbl-cluster-conf
Feb 2019 - Nov 2025
Contributions:321 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
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