Romain Feron
PHD Graduate Student
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolRomain Feron is a PhD candidate in evolutionary genomics and bioinformatics at the University of Lausanne with a decade of experience bridging evolutionary biology and software-driven genomics. Trained across multiple European programs, he combines strong theoretical grounding in evolutionary models with practical bioinformatics expertise, including packaging and build automation for the widely used Bioconda ecosystem. His research focuses on sequence conservation across arthropods using whole-genome alignments, building on prior work developing C++ and Python pipelines for compression, error correction, and genomic analyses. A former bioinformatician at INRA, he has a track record of translating complex biological questions into reproducible computational workflows and high-quality publications. Colleagues value him for both rigorous quantitative thinking and hands-on engineering that keeps large genomics toolchains deployable.
10 years of coding experience
Master 2 (M2), Bioinformatique, Moyenne: 17.587 - Rang: 1/36, Master 2 (M2), Bioinformatique, Moyenne: 17.587 - Rang: 1/36 at Université de Rennes IMaster's degree, Biologie évolutive, Master's degree, Biologie évolutive at Uppsala universitetMaster 2 (M2), Biologie évolutive, Master 2 (M2), Biologie évolutive at Université de MontpellierMaster 2 (M2), Biologie évolutive, Master 2 (M2), Biologie évolutive at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenClasse préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Admis au concours Agro Veto, Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Admis au concours Agro Veto at CPGE Joffre
French, English, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (16)
bioinformatics10
sh10
automation10
script10
build-system10
automations10
conda10
shell10
package-management10
scripting10
makefile9
c-language8
r8
cprogramming-language8
ocaml7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Mar 2019 - Nov 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:18 commits, 29 PRs, 109 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Romain primarily contributed to building and packaging bioinformatics tools within the Bioconda ecosystem. They modified build scripts (build.sh) to compile and install various software packages, including Phast, MultiZ, PhyloCSF, Smudgeplot, and others. Their work involved managing dependencies, configuring build processes, and ensuring the binaries were correctly placed for the conda environment. This indicates a focus on automation and build processes within the repository's context.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
RomainFeron/PSASS-vis
Jul 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
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