WORK EXPERIENCE

PhD Student {
  at: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal);
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: 1 Oct 2022 - now;
  activities: machine-learning, deep-learning, computer vision, microscopy imaging, ATACseq, data-integration;
}

Research Assistant {
  at: Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: 15 Feb 2021 - 31 Aug 2022;
  activities: single-cell, multi-omics, scRNAseq, scATACseq, data-integration, machine-learning, deep-learning;
}

Research Assistant {
  at: GeoGenetics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen;
  where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
  when: 1 Dic 2020 - 1 Feb 2021;
  activities: population-genetics, machine-learning, deep-learning, generative-adversarial-network, markov-chain-monte-carlo;
}

Content Reviewer {
  at: Arvato Polska;
  where: Krakow, Poland;
  when: 1 April 2018 - 1 July 2018;
}

Undergraduate Student Researcher {
  at: Centro de Investigación Biomédica;
  where: Granada, Spain;
  when: 1 Nov 2016 - 1 July 2017;
  with: Beca de Colaboración Fellowship;
  activities: western-blot, spectrophotometric-assays, respiration-analysis, zebrafish-management;
}

Student Scientific Entertainer {
  at: Parque de las Ciencias;
  where: Granada, Spain;
  when: 1 Oct 2016 - 1 Feb 2017;
  activities: scientific-dissemination, exhibition-explanation;
}

EDUCATION

PhD Student in Biomedical Data Science {
  at: Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: 1 Oct 2022 - now;
  activities: machine-learning, deep-learning, computer vision, microscopy imaging, ATACseq, data-integration;
}

MSc in Bioinformatics {
  at: University of Copenhagen;
  where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
  when: 1 Sep 2018 - 22 Oct 2020;
  subjects: machine-learning, data-science, linux-python-programming;
}

Exchange Student {
  at: Università Politechnica delle Marche;
  where: Ancona, Italy;
  when: 1 Sep 2015 - 1 July 2016;
  with: Erasmus+ mobility scholarship;
}

BSc in Biochemistry {
  at: Universidad de Granada;
  where: Granada, Spain;
  when: 1 Sep 2013 - 1 July 2017;
  subjects: systems-biology, protein-engineering, statistics;
}

AWARDS

La Caixa Foundation INPhINIT Incoming Fellowship {
  from: Fundacion La Caixa;
  where: Spain;
  when: Apr 2022;
}

Beca de Colaboración Young Researcher Fellowship {
  from: Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional;
  where: Granada, Spain;
  when: 1 Nov 2016 - 1 July 2017;
}

Erasmus+ Scholarship {
  from: European Union;
  where: Ancona, Italy;
  when: 1 Sep 2015 - 1 July 2016;
}

BIOINFORMATICS PROJECTS

Research project {
  at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: Ongoing;
  title: DeepScore, a multi-platform and multi-omics deep learning model for
  user-friendly single-cell annotation and label transfer;
}

Research project {
  at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: Ongoing;
  title: Generation of a single-cell ATAC-seq atlas of chromatin accessibility
  of human pancreas, part of Human Cell Atlas, ESPACE consortium;
}

Research project {
  at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: Ongoing;
  title: Single-cell multi-omics data integration and characterization in the
  human kidney, part of Human Cell Atlas project;
}

Research project {
  at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: Ongoing;
  title: Single-cell RNA-seq analyses of human mesenchymal cell in Acute
  Lymphocytic and Myeloid Leukemia in adults and infants;
}

Research project {
  at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: Ongoing;
  title: Single-cell RNA-seq analyses of cell induced senescence in the 
  mammary gland of mice;
}

Master thesis {
  at: Racimo lab, University of Copenhagen;
  where: Copenahgen, Denmark;
  when: 1 Feb 2020 - 22 Oct 2020;
  title: Demographic inference using a MCMC-coupled Generative
  Adversarial Network on genomic data;
  grade: 12/12;
}

Bioinformatics project II {
  at: Racimo lab, University of Copenhagen;
  where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
  when: 1 Oct 2019 - 1 Feb 2020;
  title: Interpreting a Convolutional Neural Network that predicts 
  Archaic Adaptive Introgression;
  grade: 12/12;
}

Bioinformatics project I {
  at: Hamelryck lab, University of Copenhagen;
  where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
  when: 1 June 2019 - 1 Oct 2019;
  title: Inferring Protein Superposition using The No-U Turn Sampler;
  grade: 10/12;
}

Bachelor thesis {
  at: Hilario Ramirez lab, Universidad de Granada;
  where: Granada, Spain;
  when: 1 Feb 2017 - 1 July 2017;
  title: Potential application of Virtual Reality technologies to 
  Molecular Infography of Proteins and Nucleic Acids;
  grade: 9.9/10;
}

PUBLICATIONS

Detecting adaptive introgression in human evolution using convolutional neural networks {
  authors: Graham Gower, Pablo Iáñez Picazo, Matteo Fumagalli, Fernando Racimo;
  journal: eLife;
  year: 2021;
  doi: 10.7554/eLife.64669;
  url: elifesciences.org/articles/64669;
}

Deep Learning Applications in Single-Cell Omics Data Analysis {
  authors: Nafiseh Erfanian, A. Ali Heydari, Pablo Iañez, Afshin Derakhshani, Mohammad Ghasemigol, Mohsen Farahpour, Saeed Nasseri, Hossein Safarpour, Amirhossein Sahebkar;
  journal: bioRxiv;
  year: 2021;
  doi: doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470166;
  url: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.26.470166v2.full;
}

Inference of population genetics parameters using discriminator neural networks: an adversarial Monte Carlo approach {
  authors: Graham Gower, Pablo Iáñez Picazo, Finn Lindgren, Fernando Racimo;
  journal: bioRxiv;
  year: 2023;
  doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.27.538386;
  url: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.27.538386v1;
}

CONFERENCE POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Human Cell Atlas ESPACE final meeting {
  at: Charité Campus Virchow;
  where: Berlin, Germany;
  when: June 1 - 2, 2022;
}

DeepSCore, a multi-language multi-omics framework for single-cell 
automatic label transfer {
  conference: Single Cell Genomics Symposium;
  at: Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona;
  format: poster;
  where: Barcelona, Spain;
  when: March 24 - 25, 2022;
}

Population genomic inference using a MCMC-coupled generative adversarial network {
  conference: Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics;
  at: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory;
  format: poster;
  where: New York, United States (online);
  when: April 14 - 16, 2021;
}

INVITED TALKS

Demographic inference using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo coupled GAN {
  organisation: Bioinfo GRX;
  format: talk;
  where: online;
  when: April 19, 2022;
  url: bioinformaticsgrx.es/bioinfo-club-abril-2022-demographic-inference-using-a-mcmc-coupled-generative-adversarial-network
  youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=dko-bEcEb20&t=691s
}

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Barista and bartender {
  at: Studenterhuset;
  where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
  when: Jan 2019 - Jan 2020;
}

SKILLS

Languages {
  human: spanish, english, italian, polish, french;
  programming: python, R, bash, C++, C#, matlab, pascal; 
}

Computational skills {
 PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow, NumPy, Pandas, Tidyverse, Bioconductor, 
 LaTeX, Github, Linux, Markdown, Jupyter Notebook, Unity 3D, Deep Learning, 
 Machine Learning, Data Science, Single-cell analysis, multimodal integration,
}

CERTIFICATIONS | MEMBERSHIPS

Member of ESPACE, the Human Cell Atlas Pancreas consortium {
  url: www.espace-h2020.eu/#
}

Member of CZI, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative kidney consortium {
  url: www.chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/single-cell-biology/seednetworks/a-comprehensive-single-cell-atlas-of-the-human-kidney/
}

Cambridge C1 Advanced {
  C2 level mention
}

Certificazione della Lingua Italiana CELI 3 {
  Livello B2
}