Zakariyya Mughal
Module Author at CPAN
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolZakariyya Mughal is an informatics developer blending 16 years of biomedical engineering and computer science experience to build practical tools for biomedical research and computational biotechnology. He develops and maintains open-source Perl modules on CPAN (including a Jupyter kernel and R wrappers), contributes to canonical projects like BioPerl, and has implemented backend integrations for widely used services such as DuckDuckGo Instant Answers. His work spans lab systems and middleware—designing LIS integrations and device middleware for clinical analyzers—alongside academic research in 3D neuronal image segmentation and spine classification. Currently at Insilica and still active on open-source platforms, he bridges experimental labs and production software with a focus on reproducible scientific computing. Notably, he packages research-friendly tooling (e.g., Net::Gmail::IMAP::Label as a Debian package) which reflects his eye for making research workflows more deployable. Based in the DC–Baltimore area, he’s seeking full-time roles in biomedical research or computational biotech where his combination of device integration, image-analysis research, and open-source craftsmanship can accelerate impact.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of HoustonUniversity of St. Thomas (TX)Doctor of Medicine - MD, Doctor of Medicine - MD at Ross University School of Medicine
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Github Skills (17)
duckduckgo10
bioperl10
perl10
bioinformatics10
instantsearch10
apim9
api9
documentation8
javascript8
build-script7
macos6
gmail6
glib6
label6
r6
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
bioperl/bioperl-live
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Core BioPerl 1.x code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 16 commits, 16 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Zakariyya contributed to the BioPerl project by addressing code errors, improving documentation, and enhancing the codebase. They fixed typos, updated file formats for Prosite parsing, and documented implementation details. Additionally, the user made changes to the indexing of the database to improve efficiency. Finally, they fixed a code precedence warning and updated the build scripts.
bioperlbioinformaticsperltoolkit
duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice
Jul 2013 - Mar 2015
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on JavaScript (JSON) APIs
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Zakariyya primarily contributed to the backend logic of the DuckDuckGo Instant Answers project, specifically related to integrating the Namecheap API. Their work included adding support for the XML to JSON endpoint, fixing formatting, and adding URI escaping. They also focused on code organization, moving the TLD regex to a single location for DRY principles and enabling caching, and adjusting triggering mechanisms.
javascriptinstant-answersperlduckduckgohandlebars-js
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