Hello, my name is
Juan Duran
PhD candidate in biomedical engineering
- juan.duran@mail.mcgill.ca
- 514-664-6465
About me
I was born in Colombia and have been living in Montreal, Canada since 2007. I love reading self-growth books and learning new things. I am passionate about the wonders of machine learning technology and want to use it to make our planet a better place. In my free time, I love going out, reading, playing music (drums, guitar) and currently into chess.
Experience
2023-Present
Terry Fox Research Institute
dATA ENGINEER
Work with an interdisciplinary national team to organize, standardize, and integrate multi-institutional cancer patient data across Canada. Contribute to developing unified data frameworks that enable AI research and federated learning in precision oncology. Support the implementation of data governance standards, metadata curation, and quality control pipelines to improve interoperability between provincial research centers.
2022-2022
Universiy of Montreal
Teacher Assistant
T.A. for ift 1169 advanced c++ topics. Give weekly tutorials, correct assignments and watch students during exams.
2020-2021
Mcgill Enger lab
Junior software developper
Development of C++ based Geant-4 open source software for radiolysis simulation.
2018-current
Service Master Clean
Crewchief
Perform janitorial service, commercial carpet cleaning & maintenance programs. Manage team, ensure proper completion of each job according to standards of the company.
2015-2017
Tim Hortons
CLERK
Maintained coffee shop according to daily checklists, prepared sandwiches and dealt with drive-through and customers.
2014-2015
Pharmascience
Production line worker
Contributed to team-based environment to maintain line productivity and respect of health guidelines.
Volunteering
2023-Present
McGill Medical Physics Student Council
Outreach Organizer
Actively involved in scientific outreach and education. Helped organize and deliver international training programs through the CAMERA project in Rwanda, teaching image analysis and AI tools for healthcare. Locally, co-organized Compute Canada cluster workshops for Women in Physics and delivered talks on U-Net architectures for cancer segmentation.
2025-Present
McGill Medical Physics Student Council
vp aCADEMICs
Lead academic initiatives to enhance student support and collaboration. Coordinate workshops, peer-mentoring, and feedback sessions to improve program quality and strengthen connections between students and faculty.
2023-2025
McGill Medical Physics Student Council
Social coordinator
Organized community events, student retreats, and networking activities within the Medical Physics Unit. Managed logistics, budgeting, and team coordination while fostering inclusion and engagement across the department.
2021-2023
Responsable of communications and taking notes during meetings of the society.
SECRETARY
Responsable of communications and taking notes during meetings of the society.
2020-2021
McGill society of physics students
EQUITY OFFICER
Promote an equitable and inclusive environment in the physics department.
2020-2021
McGill physics hackathon (2020)
McMedHacks (2021)
Workshop presenter and sponsorship team
Workshop on introductory python.
2009-2014
Lucille-Teasdale highschool
Miscellaneous
Mandatory volunteer for IB program.