Summary
Yalbi Balderas-martinez is a bioinformatics PhD and computational biology group leader at Mexico’s National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, with 11 years of experience applying data science to respiratory and aging-related lung disorders such as IPF, COPD, and COVID. She combines academic roles—teaching R and bioinformatics at UNAM—with leadership in the Red Mexicana de Bioinformática, where she serves on the board and previously led membership vetting. An active researcher and investigator, she translates large-scale genomic and computational analyses into insights for respiratory medicine while mentoring students and organizing community initiatives like PyLadies CDMX. Her background in big data engineering and software development complements a practical lab-to-compute perspective, enabling reproducible pipelines and interdisciplinary collaboration. Notably, she bridges national research and international experience, including a visiting scholar stint at Northwestern, bringing global methods to Mexico City–based translational research.
11 years of coding experience
Two semesters, Engineering in Software Development, Two semesters, Engineering in Software Development at Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Biologist, Biotechnology, Biologist, Biotechnology at Universidad Veracruzana
Big Data Engineering, Big Data Engineering at Desafío Latam
French, English