Ryangguk Kim
Founder And CEO at Oak Bioinformatics LLC
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolRyangguk Kim is a founder and CEO with 10+ years of experience building bioinformatics software and companies, currently leading Oak Bioinformatics LLC from Virginia. He holds a PhD in biotechnology from Seoul National University and has deep expertise in genomic variant analysis, having created OakVar and served as lead architect of the widely used OpenCRAVAT platform. Technically hands-on, he specializes in building memory-safe bioinformatics pipelines and web servers in Rust, and has a long track record developing web-based visualization and analysis tools for genomics. His career spans academic postdocs in protein structure prediction to commercial roles delivering production-ready bioinformatics tools, reflecting a rare blend of research rigor and product-focused engineering. Notably, he transitions complex genomic analyses into accessible tools for non-specialists, demonstrating both entrepreneurial drive and a commitment to open-source impact.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biotechnology at Seoul National University
English, Korean
Github Skills (69)
variants10
python10
package-management10
genomics10
javascript10
modular10
conda10
bioinformatics10
audio9
bioconda9
snakemake9
computational-biology9
graphic8
computational-chemistry8
hotkeys7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
rkimoakbioinformatics/oakvar
Jul 2018 - Feb 2023
A modular annotation tool for genomic variants
Contributions:2366 commits, 21 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 8 months
genomicsbioinformaticsannotation-toolmodulargenomic
rkimoakbioinformatics/oakvar-modules
Jan 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:19 PRs, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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