Carlos Contreras

Carlos Contreras

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

Biography

Carlos is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta working on the physiological effect of COVID-19 infections to predict mortality risk. He is interested in Scientific Machine Learning and general purpose Data Science. He has a background in Mathematical Biology and Numerical Methods.

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Interests

  • Scientific Machine Learning
  • General Purpose Data Science
  • Mathematical Biology

Education

  • PhD - Applied Mathematics

    Univerisity of Alberta

  • MSc - Mathematics

    Universidad Simón Bolívar

Skills

Python

R

Linux

Statistics

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

Aug 2020 – Present Edmonton

Responsibilities include:

  • Studying virus load of COVID-19 in the body.
  • Modelling the physiology of COVID-19 virus infection in different organs of the body.
  • Predicting the mortality risk of severe COVID-19 infections.
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Lectures

University of Alberta

Jan 2019 – Present Edmonton
  • MATH 134: Calculus I for the Life Sciences
  • MATH 201: Differential Equations for Engineering students
  • MATH 300: Advanced Boundary Value Problems for Engineering students

Accomplish­ments

SQL Essential Trainin

LinkedIn Jul 2020 – Jul 2020
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Contact

  • CAB 632 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays 13:00 to 15:00