Santiago Marco-sola
Associate Researcher
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Marco-Sola is an Associate Researcher and tenure-track lecturer with 14 years of experience at the intersection of algorithmics, bioinformatics and high-performance computing. He holds an MSc and PhD from UPC and has driven bioinformatics algorithm development at CNAG, CRG and Pirbright, later shifting to hardware-accelerated biomedical applications in computer architecture and supercomputing at UAB and BSC. Awarded a Juan de la Cierva Incorporación grant, he combines deep theoretical training in computational biology with practical expertise in optimizing workloads for HPC platforms. Based in Barcelona, he continues to bridge academic teaching and applied research, maintaining collaborative ties across international genomics and architecture groups. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of moving algorithms from PhD-era prototypes into production-ready, hardware-conscious implementations.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General at Universidad de ZaragozaUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish
Github Skills (29)
wavefront10
vcf-files10
pairwise10
bioinformatics10
sequence10
mapper9
genomics9
python-bindings9
parsing8
bidirectional8
c-library6
cpp6
webassembly3
genome2
algorithms2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
smarco/WFA2-lib
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
WFA-lib: Wavefront alignment algorithm library v2
Contributions:3 releases, 25 reviews, 117 commits in 1 year 7 months
wavefront-alignmentalignment-algorithmwavefrontalignmentalgorithm-library
smarco/gem3-mapper
Jul 2014 - Sep 2020
Contributions:322 commits, 8 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 2 months
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