Kristian St-Gabriel

Kris received his BA (Hons) from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, in 1997. He became part of the Australian Diaspora and traveled for years before settling in the United States. He joined Harvard Medical School's Department of Information Technology in July 2005, and was recruited by the Center for Biomedical Informatics in December 2007.

In Dr Wall's lab Kristian maintains Roundup, a large-scale database of orthology computed via the Reciprocal Smallest Distance (RSD) algorithm. He is also a front-end web development specialist and is responsible for the graphical design of various CBMI websites, including Roundup and the Wall Lab's website.

An occasional web technology consultant for Harvard Health Publications, Kris likes to build scalable web sites for non-profits and volunteer organizations. Beyond the technical, his intellectual interests include evolutionary biology, autism, and canine psychology.

In his free time he is a digital illustrator, artist and writer.