Stephen Wandro
Senior Engineer - Bioinformatics
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Wandro is a senior bioinformatics engineer with a decade of experience applying large-scale genomics, cloud computing, and machine learning to accelerate infectious disease diagnostics. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from UC Irvine and has moved from academic microbiome research and lentiviral vector work into industry roles at Micronoma and Abbott, where he now leads computational efforts for rapid diagnostic development. Stephen combines hands-on pipeline engineering with statistical and ML-driven interpretation of biological data, routinely shipping scalable analyses for high-throughput sequencing. Based in San Diego, he blends deep wet-lab understanding with production-grade software practices—a pairing that helps translate complex genomic signals into actionable clinical insights.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, magna cum laude, Bachelor's Degree, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, magna cum laude at University of California, Los AngelesDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at University of California, Irvine
Github Skills (13)
shotgun9
genome8
coverage7
sequencing7
genomics7
bioinformatics7
filtering6
converting6
microbiome5
shiny4
taxonomy4
effort3
python3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
swandro/preterm_infant_analysis
Feb 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
swandro/taxonomy_solution
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
R shiny app for converting metaphlan2 outputs into simple taxonomy barplots.
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
outputsshiny-appshinyrstatsconverting
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