Sean Gibbons
Senior Editor, MSystems Journal at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSean Gibbons is an associate professor and microbiome researcher who leads lab work on the ecology and evolution of microbial communities and their impacts on human health. He combines academic roles at the Institute for Systems Biology with cross-appointments in Bioengineering and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, and serves as Senior Editor for mSystems, reflecting deep engagement in both research and scientific communication. With over a decade of experience spanning postdoctoral work at MIT and the Broad Institute to faculty leadership, he brings quantitative biophysics training and data-science fluency to complex microbiome problems. Sean’s profile blends bench science, computational analysis, and editorial stewardship, enabling him to translate experimental insights into reproducible community standards. He is also a long-standing Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute, emphasizing reproducible, computationally rigorous approaches to microbial systems. A Fulbright alumnus with interdisciplinary training in microbiology, biophysics, and design-thinking, he often bridges method development and translational questions in human health.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma general, High School Diploma general at Sentinel High SchoolPhD MSc Biophysics, PhD MSc Biophysics at University of ChicagoBaDT Certificate Biologist at the Design Table, BaDT Certificate Biologist at the Design Table at Biomimicry InstituteBA BA BSc Cellular and Molecular Biology French Language & Literature Microbiology w/ minor in Chemistry, BA BA BSc Cellular and Molecular Biology French Language & Literature Microbiology w/ minor in Chemistry at University of MontanaMSc Microbiology, MSc Microbiology at Uppsala University
French
Github Skills (15)
percentile8
microbiome8
metabolic-models7
case-control7
normalization6
batch5
matrix3
pytorch3
observation3
linear-models1
statistical-models1
hypothesis-testing1
sampling1
r-package1
sparse1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Gibbons-Lab/manuals-and-policies
Jul 2019 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 56 pushes in 4 years 5 months
seangibbons/microbial-time-series-analysis
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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