Ronan Fleming
Associate Professor
Galway, Ireland
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Top SchoolRonan Fleming is an Associate Professor and systems biology researcher with 12 years of experience bridging academia and applied computational biology across institutions in Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Iceland and the US. He holds a PhD from NUI Galway and leads development on the widely used COBRA Toolbox, contributing numerical linear-algebra improvements that support constraint-based metabolic modelling. At the University of Galway he directs digital metabolic twin work, combining cell culture and biotechnology expertise with algorithmic and MATLAB development to translate systems-level models into practical biomedical tools. His background includes coordinating large consortia on mitochondrial Parkinson’s disease and hands-on postdoctoral and PI roles, reflecting both technical depth and project leadership. Notably, his open-source contributions focus on robust numerical routines—an often overlooked but critical backbone for reliable biological simulation.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at The Open UniversityB.V.M.S, B.V.M.S at The University of GlasgowDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at National University of Ireland, Galway
Github Skills (8)
numerics10
numerical-analysis10
matlab10
numerical-methods10
algebra10
numerical-computing10
computational-biology9
optimization7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
opencobra/cobratoolbox
Jul 2013 - Dec 2022
The COnstraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis Toolbox. Documentation:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 18 reviews, 1060 commits in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ronan's commits primarily involve commenting and code modifications related to the `getRankLUSOL.m` file within the `opencobra/cobratoolbox` repository, suggesting a focus on linear algebra and numerical methods. The code changes involve identifying and handling the situation in which "U appears to be singular" using a linear algebra LU decomposition implementation, suggesting that the user is likely working on the development and optimization of numerical linear algebra routines. The user's contributions are relevant to the mathematical modelling and analysis aspects of the COBRA Toolbox.
microbiome-analysisgap-fillingmetabolic-reconstructioncobra-toolboxomics-data-integration
rmtfleming/cobratoolbox
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:85 pushes, 26 branches in 10 months
toolboxreconstructionconstraintconstraint-based-reconstruction
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