In the complex network of interconnected branches of Science pushing frontiers of human knowledge, I am positioned at the interface of three vertices 1. Biomedicine 2. Technology and 3. Informatics. Naturally, my early interests spanned a wide range of thema that were connected to vertices. Over the years, these generic interests ripened to specific expertise - Development and Application of Computational Tools to solve Real-World Biomedical challenges.
For example, at Medical University of Vienna, I am building a database of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products. As part of the Join4ATMP consortium, I will evaluate safety and efficacy correlations between preclinical studies and their predictability for reproducibility in patients. At the Center for Molecular Medicine, I am carrying out a digital transformation of Molecular Discovery Platform by building automated data processing pipelines, laboratory information management systems, interactive web apps and cloud servers.
At Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, I addressed two research themes 1. Elucidate transcript, protein and metabolite level changes accompanying root senescence and 2. Identify gene expression patterns in nutrient perturbed crop plants.
At Leibniz Lung Center, the challenge was to develop advanced computational methods for in-depth interpretation of Mass Spectrometry (MS) data - I designed, built and implemented a novel metric for determining lipidome homology. At the National Center for Biological Sciences, I applied sequence alignment algorithms for small molecule structure comparison and developed a stochastic model of Transcription. At the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the focus was to reconstruct microbial metabolic pathways from publicly available databases and analyze the network topology.
Away from work, I enjoy bicyling, running and reading. Favorite book is To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Favorite running event is Tromsø Polar Night Halfmarathon.
