Ruibang Luo
Assistant Director at School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolRuibang Luo is an associate professor and Associate Head of the Department of AI & Data Science at the University of Hong Kong with 11 years of experience bridging computational biology, high-performance computing, and data science. He co-founded L3 Bioinformatics and previously trained as a postdoc at Johns Hopkins, bringing both entrepreneurial and top-tier research credentials to academic leadership. His work spans program direction, curriculum innovation, and applied research in computational biology, underpinned by a PhD in Computational Biology and High Performance Computing. Based in Hong Kong, he combines hands-on technical depth with strategic educational roles—shaping new AI and data science degree programs while continuing active research. A less obvious strength is his track record of translating bioinformatics research into organizational impact through startup governance and interdisciplinary curriculum design.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Bioengineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Bioengineering at South China University of Technology
Github Skills (53)
molecule10
genome10
package-management10
next-generation-sequencing10
seq10
conda10
assembler10
genome-assembly10
sequencing10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
computational-biology10
illumina10
bioconda10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aquaskyline/bioconda-recipes
Sep 2018 - Jun 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
orangerecipescondabiocondabioinformatics
aquaskyline/LRSIM
Nov 2016 - Aug 2019
10x Genomics Reads Simulator
Contributions:2 releases, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 8 months
10xbiocondasimulationgenomicssequencing
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