Thomas Van Gurp
Data Engineer Bioinformaticus (Zelfstandig)
Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Top SchoolThomas Van Gurp is a seasoned data engineer and bioinformatician with over a decade of experience designing automated pipelines, web applications, and genotyping services for plant breeding and biotech clients. Based in Cochabamba, Bolivia, he combines hands-on software development with scientific rigor from a PhD in epigenetics, having invented the epiGBS technique early in his career to enable epigenetic fingerprinting without a reference genome. He has led multidisciplinary teams to operationalize sequencing workflows, data analysis, and visualization for companies like Solynta and Naktuinbouw while consulting through his firm Deena Bioinformatics. Comfortable at the intersection of experimental design and production engineering, he helps clients choose sequencing technologies and library prep approaches that minimize downstream computational complexity. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex genomics problems into reproducible, user-facing tools that empower breeders and researchers.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
HAVO, HAVO at Gelders CollegeUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonPropedeuse Forest & Nature Conservation, Propedeuse Forest & Nature Conservation at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Epigenetics & Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Epigenetics & Bioinformatics at Wageningen University & Research
English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German
Github Skills (57)
jbrowse10
genomics10
genome-annotation10
chimera9
biology9
jquery-plugin9
fastq9
bioinformatics9
microbiome9
metagenomics9
clustering9
fasta9
sequence-alignment8
javascript7
code-review7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
thomasvangurp/epiGBS
Jun 2015 - Jan 2020
Code for working with epiGBS data
Contributions:276 commits, 176 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
thomasvangurp/spamfilter
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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