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Yongchen Wang, Ph.D.

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Yongchen is a software engineer and a biomedical scientist leveraging his multidisciplinary skillset to build tools and deliver solutions to solve complex problems. Yongchen's career passion mainly resides in software engineering, device development, and their intersections (e.g., scientific software development, software as medical device/SaMD, digital health, etc.). Understanding the fundamentals from bits, genes, and atoms, he was particularly savvy in breaking down problems, distilling information, and making data-driven decisions while being mindful of their context. In addition, Yongchen tries to automate tasks whenever possible to maximize the research power to tackle the key problems. He has been great at leveraging existing tools while striving to be innovative. He is seasoned in cross-functional collaboration and project management, and he is dedicated to building inclusive culture.

Professional Experience

2021 May - current Sr. Scientist, Merck
2019 Jan - 2021 May Sr. Scientist, Perosphere Technologies

Education

2024 expected M.S. in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
2018 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University
2012 M.A. in Chemistry, Brown University

Training/Certificate

2018 - current Regulatory Affairs Certificate in US Drug and Device Regulations
2014 - 2015 Medical fellowship from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Software Engineering Skillset

Programming languages Java, Python, C, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Swift, MATLAB
Frontend HTML/CSS/JavaScript, React.js, Figma
Backend Node.js, Express.js, Django, Flask, PHP
Server Apache2, Nginx, AWS, Google Cloud, Raspberry Pi Linux server
Version control Git/GitHub, Bitbucket
Database SQL/MySQL, Mongoose/MongoDB
GUI Swing (Java), QT (C++), Tkinter (Python)
Web scraping Selenium, jsoup, Puppeteer
DevOps Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD
OS UNIX/Linux, Shell scripting
IDEs VS Code, PyCharm, Eclipse, Jupyter Notebook, Xcode

Biomedical Science Skillset

Drug development PKPD, clinical trials, formulation, analytical
Device development design controls, risk management, human factors, verification, validation
Biology physiology, hematology, cancer biology, immunology, infectious diseases
Chemistry polymers, nanomaterials for drug/gene delivery
Lab technology microscopies (TEM, SEM, AFM, optical), spectroscopies (UV-Vis, FTIR, NIR), tissue culture, animal surgery
Standards, regulations IEC 62304, IEC 62366-1, 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, ISO 5275