Alejandro Rojo
Postdoctoral Researcher at KU Leuven
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolAlejandro Rojo is a postdoctoral researcher and PhD-trained statistician with eight years of experience applying data science, bioinformatics, and machine learning to microbial and biological problems. He has held roles across academia and research institutions—including KU Leuven, VITO and VIB—designing databases for sequence data and developing AI tools for antimicrobial peptide prediction. His background blends chemical engineering foundations with an MSc in Bioinformatics and hands-on work in sequence analysis, statistical modeling and reproducible research workflows. Based in Antwerp, he is actively transitioning research expertise into data science roles, bringing both experimental lab experience and production-ready data systems to tackle biological datasets. An understated strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency: he converts domain experiments into actionable computational pipelines that support decision-making in public and private research settings.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Bioinformatics, Major in Bioengineering, MSc. Bioinformatics, Major in Bioengineering at KU LeuvenSpecialization in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Specialization in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at Hasselt University
Spanish, English, German, neerlandés
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Github Skills (17)
genomes9
bacteria9
database-sequence8
bioinformatics7
genome7
sequence6
python6
r-package6
snakemake6
genomics5
isolate5
database4
r3
big-data2
memory-mapped-file2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alejocrojo09/SASpector
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:54 commits, 2 pushes in 1 month
alejocrojo09/BioStats
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics Project 2018-2019
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
bioinformaticsstatisticalstatistical-methods
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