Curriculum Vitae
Structured overview of my current position, training, fellowships, and technical skills. A downloadable PDF version is available below.
Current position
| 2025 – present | Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Developmental Neurobiology,
King's College London.
Visitor Scientist, Brain RNA Regulatory Networks Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute. |
Education and training
| 2021 – 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Blencowe Laboratory, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto. |
| 2020 | Research Associate, Hemberg Laboratory, Wellcome Sanger Institute. |
| 2015 – 2022 | PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
(Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Gurdon Institute).
Supervisors: Martin Hemberg (Sanger) and Eric A. Miska (Gurdon). |
| 2007 – 2012 | Professional Degree and Licentiate in Biochemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Awarded Biochemist with Distinction. |
Fellowships and awards
- Charles H. Best Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2022.
- Wellcome Trust Four-Year Doctoral Studentship, University of Cambridge, 2015.
- Best Talk Prize, Molecular Biosystems Conference on Eukaryotic Gene Regulation & Functional Genomics, 2019.
- Best Poster Prize, ISCB Latin America Conference on Bioinformatics, 2012.
- Biochemist with Distinction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012.
Technical skills
Programming and analysis: Python, R, Unix/shell scripting.
Workflow and infrastructure: Snakemake, Git, Conda, HPC, GPU computing.
Transcriptomics: bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, total-RNA sequencing,
alternative splicing analysis, microexon discovery, PSI quantification.
Machine learning: supervised models, sequence-based splicing models, model
interpretation, variant effect prediction.
Genomics: rare variant analysis, family-based autism genetics, regulatory
variant interpretation.
Mentoring and collaboration
I have contributed to the development and mentorship of collaborative computational projects, including work with Hyunbeen "Jason" Lee on Alu-mediated RNA duplexes and exon skipping in primate transcriptomes (Genome Biology, 2026, co-first and co-corresponding author). Earlier mentorship includes work with Yuyao Song on alternative splicing in single-cell RNA-seq, culminating in a Genome Biology publication (scASfind, 2024).
Teaching and training
I have taught on the Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Course on Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics in Chile (2019, 2021) and on University of Cambridge courses in RNA-seq analysis, Python programming, data science in Python, and computational methods for biological data analysis (2017–2019).
Selected presentations
- 2026 — The regulatory code for neuronal microexons: implications for the genetics of autism spectrum disorder. Cambridge RNA Club, University of Cambridge (invited talk).
- 2026 — 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Montréal (selected Flash Talk poster presentation).
- 2021 — Uncovering alternative splicing patterns of microexons across mouse development and neuronal cell types. Neurogenomics Seminar Series, UK DRI Centre at Imperial College London (invited talk).
- 2019 — Alternative splicing modulation by G-quadruplexes. Molecular Biosystems Conference, Puerto Varas, Chile (selected talk; Best Talk Prize).
For a complete list of publications, presentations, teaching, and referees, please see the downloadable CV (PDF).