Dr. Jorge Abreu-Vicente
Astrophysicist • AI/ML Researcher • Science Communicator
About
I research how to use natural language processing (NLP) to build open science tools that revolutionize the way we do and understand science, by developing generative means of structuring data via large language models (LLMs) and knowledge graphs (KGs).
I use these technologies to annotate and curate all molecular and cell biology knowledge into data structures that are understandable by both, human and machine..
Experience
Academic Research
Senior Staff: Machine Learning Developer
EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization)
Heidelberg, Germany
Research and development of computing language models for biomedical data curation. Generation of knowledge graph for molecular and cell biology. Transforming open science through AI initiatives.
Resources & Code
Postdoctoral Researcher and PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Heidelberg, Germany
World-class research on star formation and molecular cloud structure at Galactic scales.
Research Associate
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Granada, Spain
Automated data processing and analysis pipeline for the IRAM 30m telescope.
Astronomer on Duty, IRAM 30m Telescope
Instituto de Radioastronomía Milimétrica (IRAM)
Granada, Spain
Quality assurance of observational data. Spectral and image processing and analysis. Writing technical documentation and reports.
Industry
Head of Center of Excellence Data Science and Innovation
CAMELOT Group
Mannheim, Germany
Lead company-wide AI transformation. Leading collaboration and connection with AWS. Data strategy design and lead implementation of Camelot Data Intelligent Digital Services. Intelligent document processing: Automated data extraction from unstructured documents.
Data Scientist
Datavard AG
Heidelberg, Germany
Creation and development of award-winning application. Evaluation and implementation of data science projects. Fast iteration and experimentation, complex application prototyping.
Featured Projects
Platform for biomedical application of large language models. Collaborator in Nature Biotechnology publication advancing AI in life sciences research.
The largest biomedical AI-ready dataset for NER and NEL. Natural language processing pipeline for automated extraction and structuring of biological knowledge from scientific literature.
Scientific Knowledge Mapping
Building comprehensive knowledge landscapes in life sciences using graph databases, knowledge graphs, and semantic embeddings to connect research insights and create the map of scientific knowledge.
Agent AI for Author Disambiguation
Developing AI agent systems to disambiguate author identities in scientific literature, improving research attribution and knowledge graph accuracy in biomedical sciences.
Education
Ph.D. cum laude in Natural Sciences
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Thesis: Molecular cloud structure at Galactic scales. Written score: 1/1. Member of the prestigious International Max Planck Research School.
View ThesisM.S. in Physics and Mathematics
IRAM & Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Thesis: Carbono ionizado en el eje mayor de M33. Honors in Master Thesis.
B.S. in Physics
Universidad de La Laguna
La Laguna, Spain
Graduated with honors in optics.
Publications
10+ peer-reviewed publications
Refereed Publications
Constraining the Dust Opacity Law in Three Small and Isolated Molecular Clouds
Webb, K. A. et al. • ApJ 849, 13W
Resolving fragmentation of high line-mass filaments with ALMA: integral-shaped filament in Orion A
Kainulainen, Stutz, Stanke, Abreu-Vicente et al. • A&A 600, A141
Fourier-space combination of Planck and Herschel images
J. Abreu-Vicente et al. • A&A, 604A, A65
Giant molecular filaments in the Milky Way II: The fourth Galactic quadrant
J. Abreu-Vicente et al. • A&A, 590A, 131A
Relationship between the column density distribution and evolutionary class of molecular clouds
J. Abreu-Vicente et al. • A&A, 581A, 74A
Honors & Awards
Selected for book 'Inspiraciones Nocturnas VII'
Diversidad Literaria
Most Innovative Project 2018
IA4SP (Datavard AG)
3rd Prize in the Innojam
SAP Campus Basel
Cover Page of Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal
A&A Journal
PhD Fellowship
International Max Planck Research School
Master Thesis Honors (10/10)
Universidad de Granada
Media, Outreach & Teaching
Four chapters with Dr. Francisco Parra-Rojas.
Amateur astronomy company and YouTube channel.
Luciérnagas, Radiotelevisión diocesana
Astronomy in Elementary School
Colegio PP Somascos, A Guarda, Spain
Teacher for Astronomical Lab Course
Stellar photometry - MPIA/Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg