John Osilama Thomas

I am a pharmacist and computational biomedical researcher with expertise in bioinformatics, machine learning, and translational medicine. I hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Igbinedion University, Nigeria, and a Master's degree in Chinese Materia Medica from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where my research focused on advanced ophthalmic drug delivery systems.

My research combines computational biology with biomedical applications, including transcriptomic analysis, biomarker discovery, molecular docking, pathway analysis, machine learning, and open biological databases. I am particularly interested in developing computational tools that accelerate scientific discovery and make complex biological data more accessible to researchers.

My previous work has resulted in peer-reviewed publications in journals including Results in Chemistry, Materials Today Chemistry, Materials Today Bio, Chemical Engineering Journal, Colloids and Surfaces A, and the Journal of Dietary Supplements. Through these projects, I have gained experience integrating diverse biological datasets, developing reproducible computational workflows, and translating computational findings into experimentally testable hypotheses.

OpenHSBio represents a natural extension of this work. Rather than addressing a single biological question, the project aims to build an open computational platform that enables researchers to discover, evaluate, and simulate biological molecules for hyperspectral biosensing. By combining curated molecular databases, machine learning, and simulation tools, I hope to create an open resource that supports the growing hyperspectral biology community.

Previous work and professional profiles:

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/cit...

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-32...

• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-o...

June 2026