About
Molecular Biologist formal background with professional experience
as Data Scientist & Programmer.
Expert in data analysis, bioinformatics & next generation
sequencing.
Advanced Data Scientist at
Capgemini Engineering
Co-Founder & CEO of
Neomic
10-years R&D experience in Life Sciences
6-years professional experience in Bioinformatics
2-years experience in Machine-learning & Data Engineering
- Birthday: 11 May 1989
- Phone: +351 93 303 54 78
- Email: ricardofilipecdsantos@gmail.com
- Age: 33
- Degree: Doctor
- Website: rf-santos.github.io/resume
Overview
I have attracted over €240k in R&D funding as a
Co-Principal Investigator.
I have Co-supervised 2 PhD
students, 2 MSc students and multiple research fellows.
I
have also Co-led small teams of 3-5 people during 3
different R&D projects.
Publications
5 as 1st-author
7 h-index
7.4 personal impact factor
Funding
Over €240,000 in R&D funding
Communications
7 in international conferences
Awards & Honors
Highlighted research in EMBO Journal
Selected talk at 44th FEBS congress in Krakow, PL
Best talk at 9th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting
Skills
I have a working knowledge on various data science frameworks. I have been performing exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, data mining & statistical analysis for 8+ years. I have built Machine-learning models for biomedical applications.
Resume
I have a formal background in Life Sciences.
Extensive
knowledge in Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing
approaches. Working experience in Data Science and
Machine-learning projects.
My profile makes an excellent
asset for any data-driven project with biomedical,
biotechnological or life sciences applications.
Professional Experience
Advanced Data Scientist
July 2022 - Present
Capgemini Engineering (capgemini-engineering.com)
- Data Science & Engineering for Healthcare & Pharma industries.
- ETL pipeline development and maintenance.
- Business analyst.
Co-Founder & CEO
February 2022 - Present
Neomic (neomic.eu)
- Driving force behind the creation of Neomic, a bioinformatics and software company.
- Business development.
- Selected for AINanoTEC accelerator program 2022 (2nd Ed.).
Postdoctoral researcher (ERC funded)
October 2020 - Present
Chronic Disease Research Centre (NMS), Lisboa
- Co-Principal Investigator in a 2021 FCT funded project to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in terminal neuronal differentiation.
- Lead in project using Machine-learning & Bioinformatics to discover new long non-coding RNAs regulating Drosophila melanogaster Neural Stem Cells.
- Lead in project set out to find functional non-coding RNAs involved in brain tumorigenesis.
- Responsible for lab's IT infrastructure.
Postdoctoral researcher (FCT funded)
April 2019 - October 2020
Institute of Chemical and Biological Technologies (NOVA), Oeiras
- Lead in project focused on the molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions of the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
- Responsible for lab's Website maintenance.
- Co-supervised a team of 5 researchers, including 2 PhD Students.
Research fellow (Horizon 2020 funded)
January 2019 - April 2019
Institute of Chemical and Biological Technologies (NOVA), Oeiras
- Integrated a systems biology project set out to reprogram and control Pseudomonas putida for biocatlysis.
PhD Student (FCT funded)
January 2015 - December 2018
Institute of Chemical and Biological Technologies (NOVA), Oeiras
- Co-lead in project investigating functional RNAs and RNA-binding proteins involved in bacterial ribosome biogenesis.
- Lead Bioinformatician and Data Analyist handling multiple NGS data.
- Responsible for lab's IT infrastructure.
Education
Advance Course in NGS Bioinformatics
2019
Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton
Ph. Doctorate in Molecular Biosciences
2015 - 2018
Institute of Chemical and Biological Technologies (NOVA), Oeiras
Master in Medical Microbiology
2011 - 2013
NOVA School of Science & Technology (NOVA), Caparica
Postgraduate in Forensic Sciences & Technologies
2011
Lisbon School of Health & Technology, Moscavide
BSc in Cellular & Molecular Biology
2007 - 2011
NOVA School of Science & Technology (NOVA), Caparica
Expertise
Data Science & A.I.
Working experience in various Data Science and Machine-learning techniques.
> Data mining and data cleaning of biodata
> M.L. model building, testing & feature engineering
> Statistical analysis and performance
> ETL pipelines and Databases
Programming
Proficiency in Bioinformatics and high-level programming.
> Multiple NGS datasets: RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, WGS, ...
> Build, test & deploy pipelines/programs
> Scripting in Bash, Python & R
> Docker & Git
Nucleic Acid Research
Extensive expertise in RNA-based methods, interaction assays and genetic cloning.
> RNA-RNA/DNA/Protein Interaction Assays
> In vivo, ex vivo, in vitro & in silico RNA studies
> Radioactive RNA detection
> single-molecule Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization
> Discovery of functional RNAs from NGS