Jūlija Pečerska
Researcher And Lecturer at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Wädenswil, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJūlija Pečerska is a researcher and lecturer with 13 years of experience building high-performance, scalable phylogenetic software—currently leading development of a Rust-based library at ZHAW. Her work bridges theory and practice: she develops novel phylogenetic and alignment methods (including explicit modeling of insertions/deletions) and integrates them so both end users and other method developers can adopt them. An experienced mentor and educator, she co-heads the ICLS Master’s programme and prioritizes making complex analytical tools understandable and usable by the community. Her background combines rigorous computational biology research at ETH with industrial software engineering experience, giving her a rare fluency in large-scale data handling, tools development and clear scientific communication.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Latvijas UniversitateMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZurichHigh School, High School at Rīgas 40. vidusskolaProgramming courses "Progmeistars"
Russian, Latvian, English, German, French, Portuguese
Github Skills (21)
ninja8
gnu-make7
rust6
scalable6
bioinformatics6
bazel6
build-system6
migration5
tandem5
vscode4
cmake4
github-copilot2
visual-studio-code2
simulation2
user-experience2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
junniest/TBSimulationStudy
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:118 pushes in 1 year 1 month
acg-team/Selection-in-Genes-Course
Apr 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:72 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
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