Iain Wallace
Senior Director Of Research Data Utilization
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIain Wallace is a senior research data leader with 11 years of experience applying data science to drug discovery, now Senior Director of Research Data Utilization at Bristol Myers Squibb. He combines deep computational expertise—R, Shiny, SQL, Perl and algorithm development—with domain fluency in chemogenomics, compound library design, and sequence/network analysis to accelerate target identification and probe discovery. His work spans interdisciplinary projects from shRNA visualization to structure-activity and bioavailability-guided screening, and is backed by a strong publication record (23 papers, h-index 15, >15k citations). Iain’s career bridges industry and academia, including Marie Curie-funded postdoctoral research and roles at Novartis, Merck and Celgene, giving him rare perspective on translating computational methods into practical screening strategies. He’s known for optimizing pipelines and making complex datasets usable across teams, often surfacing non-obvious biological signals through tailored algorithms. Based in Cambridge, MA, he pairs rigorous academic training (PhD in sequence alignment) with hands-on engineering to deliver actionable insights in pharmaceutical R&D.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Multiple Sequence Alignments and Applications, PhD, Multiple Sequence Alignments and Applications at PhD, University College DublinMSc., High Performance Computing, MSc., High Performance Computing at Trinity College Dublin
Github Skills (134)
reactive10
r10
shiny10
quarto10
rstudio10
gcloud9
rtf9
plotly9
latex9
plotly-dash9
charting9
python9
flask9
web-development9
bioinformatics9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
iainmwallace/scaffoldingShiny
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 26 pushes in 8 days
pastingscaffoldshiny-appshiny
iainmwallace/DataDepository
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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