Stephen Van Nostrand
Lead Software Engineer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Van Nostrand is a Lead Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and operating biomedical data platforms at Dana-Farber’s Knowledge Systems Group, where he has served as technical lead for CIDC within the CIMAC/PACT network and now leads the Hector data-sharing initiative. He combines an MS in Biological/Biosystems Engineering from MIT and a summa cum laude BA in Chemistry and Molecular Biology from Rutgers with hands-on engineering to bridge research and production systems in cancer informatics. Comfortable across development and operations, he focuses on reliable, auditable data workflows that support multi-institution consortia and funder-driven projects. Colleagues rely on him for technical stewardship of complex data pipelines and pragmatic leadership that translates scientific requirements into production-ready solutions. An early researcher turned engineer, he brings domain fluency in cancer research alongside practical software delivery experience.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts - BA, Chemistry; Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Highest Honors, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Chemistry; Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Highest Honors, summa cum laude at Rutgers University
Spanish, French, Hebrew
Github Skills (50)
google-app-engine10
google-cloud-sql10
cancer-genomics9
schema-validation9
metadata9
schema9
rna-seq9
minecraft8
boolean-logic7
portal7
bioinformatics7
visualization7
ubuntu7
science7
genomics7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
CIMAC-CIDC/cidc-api-gae
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
The CIDC API, running on Google App Engine and Google Cloud SQL
Contributions:208 reviews, 746 commits, 490 PRs in 2 years 4 months
google-app-enginegoogle-cloud-sql
CIMAC-CIDC/cidc-cli
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Command line tool for transferring data files to/from the CIDC.
Contributions:21 reviews, 66 commits, 34 PRs in 2 years 1 month
command-line-tool
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