Biography
I have been involved for more than 15 years in the data management and analytics, workflow processing, and in the decision making process for the discovery of new bioactive compounds in the Division of Biocomputing and Division of Translational Informatics at UNM. I have a broad background and more than 20 years of experience in exploratory data analysis, workflow processing, data management for molecular discovery, and I have long-term interests in interactive data visualization and health-record data mining. I had significant contributions in developing and using new methods and tools for discovery of multiple novel small bioactive molecules including a candidate drug in clinical trials. I have also co-authored two U.S. patents and over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Since 2014, I am the PI of a research project with Givaudan Flavors, a large multinational corporation, focused on developing cutting edge exploratory data analysis methods and tools for complex data visualization and flavor discovery. During this time, I demonstrated the expertise, training, and motivation necessary to successfully carry out the proposed research project, which led to the annual renewal of it. In summary, I have a broad experience with developing and using innovative methods, tools, and platforms that support information intensive data discovery.
Areas of Specialty
Data Science, Drug Design, Cheminformatics
Gender
Male
Languages
- English
- Italian
- French
- German
Courses Taught
BIOMED 505 - Introduction to Biocomputing