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JP FLORES, PHD

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Last updated on 2026-04-28.

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JP Flores

Bioinformatician and computational genomicist with expertise in 3D chromatin architecture and gene regulation under environmental stress. PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good. Incoming HHMI Gilliam Postdoctoral Fellow at Case Western Reserve University in the lab of Marissa Scavuzzo. Co-founder of Science For Good, a nonprofit focused on strengthening public trust in science through community engagement. Passionate about advancing DEIA, science policy, and accessible science communication.

Education

PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2021

  • Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good

BA, Cellular & Molecular Biology (Public Health Minor)

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

Research & Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Phanstiel Lab (UNC-CH School of Medicine)

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2022

  • Developing and applying software in R, performing microscropy (DNA FISH) and -omics techniques (Hi-C, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, CUT&RUN/ChIP-seq) to investigate the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress

Co-Founder

Science For Good

N/A

2025

  • Launched Science For Good (Sister Org: Stand Up for Science), a nonprofit organization that empowers researchers to engage with communities, policymakers, and the public through creative science communication and advocacy.

Science Policy Intern

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director

Bethesda, MD

2024

  • Assist in developing a public vision and framework for including patient and community voices in the design and conduct of NIH-funded clinical research. Help plan public consultations to develop recommendations regarding engagement methods for research employing novel technologies and will be prototyping equitable and inclusive approaches for patient and community engagement. Work can be found here.