Juan('s re)search

Welcome to my website! I am a Puerto Rican scientist who studies the relationship between disease risk and human genetic variation. Currently I work at the Regeneron Genetics Center, where I am a Senior Manager in the Founder and Special Populations Team led by  Alan R. Shuldiner . At Regeneron I am a computational biologist focused on the discovery of novel therapeutic targets.  I recently presented my first discovery in this position at the  American Society of Human Genetics .  Educational Background I grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and left after high school  to earn a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . After exploring career options in medical school, Silicon Valley, and National Institutes of Health , I earned a Master of Science in Bioinformatics, mentored by Eleazar Eskin , and subsequently a PhD in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology at University of California in San Diego , co-mentored by Shankar Subramanian and Daniel T. O'