Ryan Spangler
University Director - Center For Cell Analysis And Modeling at UConn Health
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Spangler is a systems-focused research software engineer and director with 15 years of experience building multi-scale computational models to decipher cellular behavior. Currently leading the Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling at UConn Health, he specializes in whole-cell modeling, model composition, and coordinating simulations across HPC environments to enable dynamic, self-referential biological systems. His background spans academic and industry labs—Altos Labs, Allen Institute, Stanford, and OHSU—where he translated high-resolution cell imagery into mechanistic models and tooling. Trained in systems science, cognitive science, math, and computer science, he blends engineering rigor with a curiosity-driven, experimental approach to “build to understand” complex living systems. Notably, his work bridges algorithmic composition and game-theoretic perspectives with practical software engineering to explore how life-like computational systems might be constructed.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Math, Computer Science, BA, Math, Computer Science at The Evergreen State CollegeMaster of Science, System Science, Master of Science, System Science at Portland State UniversityCognitive Science, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Computer Science at Oberlin College
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Github Skills (167)
protocol-buffers9
gremlin9
solr9
protobuf9
science9
web-application9
hbase9
reference-implementation9
common-workflow-language9
cassandra9
serialization9
graph9
engine8
graph-database8
stochastic8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
prismofeverything/organism-legacy
Sep 2019 - Feb 2021
implementation of the organism board game
Contributions:4 PRs, 24 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 4 months
procedural-generationorganismboard-gamerobocupboard
caribou/antlers
May 2012 - Jan 2018
Contributions:45 commits, 1 push in 5 years 8 months
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