Heath Patterson
Director Of Spatial Biology Bioinformatics
Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolHeath Patterson is a Director of Spatial Biology Bioinformatics with a decade of experience turning multimodal imaging prototypes into cloud-ready products. He combines a PhD in Analytical Chemistry with hands-on expertise in Python and R to build multi-scale image registration, spatially aware analyses, and interactive visualizations that integrate spatial multi-omics. At Aspect Analytics he leads projects from laptop prototypes to production, shipping iterative prototypes that prioritize interpretability and cross-modal integration. Previously he supported numerous collaborative mass spectrometry imaging studies as non-tenure-track faculty at Vanderbilt, where he balanced service-driven problem selection with independent research. Based in Vevey, Switzerland, he brings an atypical mix of academic rigor and product-focused engineering to emerging spatial biology challenges.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemistry at Université de MontréalBS, Chemistry, BS, Chemistry at University of Wyoming
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (75)
python10
simpleitk10
image-viewer10
image-registration10
elastix10
visualization10
numpy9
multimodal9
toolbox9
qupath9
digital-pathology9
imagej9
javafx9
ablation9
itk9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
NHPatterson/napari-imsmicrolink
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
napari plugin for IMS - Microscopy registration through laser ablation marks.
Contributions:1 release, 116 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year
ablation
NHPatterson/napari-wsireg
Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Whole slide image registration through wsireg in napari.
Contributions:1 release, 53 commits, 6 PRs in 6 months
image-registration
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