NMD4C Hire Research Software Developer
New Research Software Developer
The NMD4C are pleased to announce the hiring of research software developer Kevin LaFleur to the network’s biobanking team! Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in music and cognitive science from McGill University and brings experience from technical and research assistant roles at labs and research groups in Montreal and Boston, most recently at Tore Nielsen’s Dream and Nightmare Lab at UdeM.
Role of the Developer
As a research software developer for the NMD4C and the Montreal Neurological Institute, Kevin works with Dr. Jason Karamchandani to develop the technical infrastructure for a centralized Canadian neuromuscular biobanking catalogue. Kevin works to link biospecimen, imaging and genetic information from neuromuscular biobanks across Canada to a central repository within the Neuro’s C-BIG project.
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