Justin Biel
Software Engineer at Astera Institute
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Biel is a software engineer with 11 years of experience who translates deep structural biology expertise into practical research informatics and production software. He has built automated pipelines and global data-sync systems for large-scale X-ray crystallography and fragment screening, enabling scientists to iterate faster and access heterogeneous beamline data seamlessly. At Relay Therapeutics and UCSF he bridged domain science and engineering—leading late-stage structural efforts, mentoring facility staff, and refactoring legacy workflows to improve throughput and reproducibility. Based in Medford, MA with a PhD in Biophysics, he combines a systems-level lens with hands-on pipeline development to accelerate drug discovery; he’s equally comfortable writing data parsers as he is guiding cross-functional teams through technical transitions. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to design tools that surface experimental nuance (like temperature-dependent crystallography effects) into everyday research decisions.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco
Github Skills (2)
jekyll10
github-pages9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
diff-use/PSEUDO
Apr 2026 - May 2026
PSEUDO: Computational framework for debiasing and experimental uncertainty quantification in protein structural models
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 7 branches in 14 days
bielj/learn-cicd-starter
Feb 2026 - Feb 2026
Contributions:3 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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