Santiago Marco-sola
Associate Researcher
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Marco-Sola is an Associate Researcher and tenure-track lecturer with 14 years of experience at the intersection of algorithmics, bioinformatics and high-performance computing. He holds an MSc and PhD from UPC and has driven bioinformatics algorithm development at CNAG, CRG and Pirbright, later shifting to hardware-accelerated biomedical applications in computer architecture and supercomputing at UAB and BSC. Awarded a Juan de la Cierva Incorporación grant, he combines deep theoretical training in computational biology with practical expertise in optimizing workloads for HPC platforms. Based in Barcelona, he continues to bridge academic teaching and applied research, maintaining collaborative ties across international genomics and architecture groups. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of moving algorithms from PhD-era prototypes into production-ready, hardware-conscious implementations.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General at Universidad de ZaragozaUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish
Github Skills (34)
algorithm10
mapper10
dna-sequences10
vcf-files9
bidirectional9
genomics9
assembly7
parsing7
risc7
bioinformatics6
wavefront6
simulator6
computer-architecture6
cpp5
zig5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smarco/gem3-mapper
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
GEM-Mapper v3
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 48 pushes in 7 years 5 months
gemmapper
gemtools/gemtools
Jun 2012 - Mar 2014
GEMTools main repository
Contributions:224 commits in 1 year 10 months
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