cv

A brief version of my resume.

Basics

Name Camila Castillo-Vilcahuaman
Label Bioinformatician | Programmer | Microbial Ecologist
Email camila.castillo.v@uni-jena.de
Phone +49 160 5491366
Url https://reymonera.github.io
Summary Bioinformatician born and raised in Peru. Interested in microbial ecology, evolution and the bioinformatic tools for the study of said topics.

Work

  • 2025.09 - Still...
    Doctoral Researcher | Doktorand
    Balance of the Microverse
    Doing doctoral research: 0/3
  • 2025.06 - Still...
    IT Instructor
    CERTUS
    Taught the 'Digital Tools for Business' course.
  • 2023.06 - 2024.05
    SEO Implementation Specialist
    ZenBusiness
    Using WordPress skills, I implemented changes on WordPress pages according to SEO analysis done by the team.
    • Raised visits to 25%
  • 2022.02 - 2023.02
    Junior Web Developer
    Subastop Co.
    Implemented new web applications for an e-commerce site, using PHP, Laravel and Python.
    • Got promoted to Junior Web Developer from Intern
  • 2018.01 - 2022.02
    Research Assistant
    Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
    Assisted in the Bioinformatics of several projects inside the Microbial Genomics Lab.
    • Published 3 papers

Volunteer

  • 2025.04 - Still...

    Lima, Peru

    Director of Data Analysis Committee
    Sociedad Peruana de Bioinformática
    Director of the Data Analysis group, that evaluates the impact of the society in peruvian research.
  • 2019.05 - 2022.05

    Lima, Peru

    Lead Organizer
    RSG Peru
    Founder and President of the Peruvian Regional Group of the International Society of Computational Biology - Student Council.
    • First organization from Peru associated with the ISCB-SC.
    • Founding Group of the Sociedad Peruana de Bioinformática
  • Lima, Peru

    Volunteer
    Women Techmakers - Google

Education

  • 2025.09 - Still...

    Jena, Germany

    PhD
    Friedrich Schiller Universität - Jena
  • 2020.03 - 2025.12

    Lima, Peru

    Master of Sciences
    Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 2013.03 - 2017.12

    Lima, Peru

    Bachelor of Sciences
    Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
    Biology

Skills

Biology
Microbiology
Bacteriology
Evolution
Informatics
Python
R
Bash scripting

Languages

Spanish
Native speaker
English
Fluent
German
Intermediate
French
Intermediate
Quechua
Basic

Interests

Biology
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Evolution
Bioinformatics
Bioloical Modelling
Systems Biology
Microbial Evolution
Microbial Taxonomy and Systematics
Informatics
Software Engineering
Bioinformatic Packages
Genomic Analysis