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Hire Gerald Amiel B.

Philippines

USD 45 /hr

Bioinformatics Consultant | Reproducible NGS & Metagenomics Pipelines | Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

I am a bioinformatics specialist with 3+ years of experience working on genomics and metagenomics projects in academic and applied research settings. I design and execute reproducible NGS workflows, covering quality control, assembly, taxonomic profiling, functional annotation, and downstream statistical analysis. My work emphasizes automation, reproducibility, and clear documentation so analyses can be reliably rerun and handed off. In addition to analysis, I support scientific writing and reviewer-response revisions, including methods refinement, data re-analysis, and figure improvement. I am comfortable working on short, output-based projects with clear deliverables and timelines. Typical projects I take on include: • Bioinformatics re-analysis or troubleshooting • Metagenomics and functional profiling • Statistical analysis and visualization in R/Python • Scientific and technical writing (methods, reports, SOPs) • Review and validation of AI-generated scientific content

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ★ Statistical Computing
• ★ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Phylogenetics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Independent Consultant

Independent Consulting

December 2024 - Present

Project Technical Specialist I

University of the Philippines Manila

May 2024 - January 2026

Education

MS Microbiology - ASTHRDP Scholarship Program (Institute of Biology)

University of the Philippines Diliman

2018 - 2022

BS Biology (Department of Biology)

University of the Philippines Baguio

2014 - 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

CONFERENCE POSTER

Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Tobias-Altura M, Sison MAC, Quizon RR, Dato MC. Pathogen–resistome coupling in urban surface waters: a genus-level analysis. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia.

Dato MC, Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Sison MAC, Quizon RR, Tobias-Altura M. Genome-resolved antimicrobial resistance burden across Metro Manila’s urban waters. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia .

Sison MAC, Dato MC, Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Quizon RR, Tobias-Altura M. Plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance across Metro Manila wastewater sites. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia .

Ballena, Calaycay, & Baculi, 2018.

PREPRINT

Ballena GAM, Velarde MC, Dacones LS. In silico assessment of the association of pathogenicity and metal-resistance potential of \textit{Fusarium} spp. bioRxiv. 2022;2022.10.12.511937. doi:10.1101/2022.10.12.511937. ‌ .