I’m a biologist at heart with a passion for machine learning, statistics and scientific reproducibility.
After an education in both biology and statistical bioinformatics, I embarked upon my journey as a PhD student in the field of bioinformatics at the Adrem Data Lab of the University of Antwerp and the Biomina Research Network , where I leveraged machine learning and data mining methods to study molecular host-pathogen interactions and the immune system. My next role was that of Data Scientist in the Bioinformatics Unit at Galapagos , with a focus on improving scientific reproducibility and throughput via pipelines and containerization on cloud infrastructure, as well as assisting in drug target discovery projects by analysing transcriptomics experiments. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher Bioinformatics in the Unit of Malariology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine , where I am working on the molecular surveillance of malaria in travelers using whole-genome sequencing and machine learning approaches.
PhD in Bioinformatics, 2021
UAntwerpen
MSc Statistics - Bioinformatics, 2016
UHasselt
MSc in Biology, 2014
KU Leuven
BSc in Biology, 2012
KU Leuven
Some things I’ve worked on
Java
tool for mining subgraphs that are associated with a specific set of nodes in a network.
Python
script for remapping biomolecular identifiers via the UniProt API.
git
version control system
Python
package and script for handling Gene Ontology data and performing enrichment tests.