Author: Joost Wagenaar

Joost Wagenaar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania who leads development of the Pennsieve platform — a scalable, secure, and collaborative system for managing and analyzing complex biomedical datasets across academia, clinical environments, and global research consortia. His work bridges the gap between proof-of-concept analytics and production-grade research infrastructure by abstracting cloud computing, distributed storage, and data integration complexities, freeing clinicians and scientists to focus on discovery rather than engineering. He has contributed to large-scale NIH-funded initiatives in epilepsy, neuroscience, and multimodal data integration, while advancing Common Data Elements and interoperable data frameworks.