Alessio Milanese
Scientist at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAlessio Milanese is a scientist specializing in metagenomics and computational microbiology, with over a decade of Python experience and eight years in R, currently advancing metagenomics data analysis at DSM-Firmenich in the Netherlands. His career spans top research institutions including EMBL, ETH Zürich and Max Planck, where he combined algorithm development with experimental insight to study microbiome responses to chemical perturbations. He leads reproducible, high-impact tool development—one of his tools has been downloaded over 50,000 times—reflecting a commitment to quality and community uptake. Alessio applies machine learning to link microbiome patterns to human health and drug effects, and has a strong publication record visible on Google Scholar. Known for cross-European collaborations and rigorous project planning, he blends academic depth (PhD in Microbiology from ETH Zürich) with industry-focused problem solving. An unassuming detail: he bridges bioinformatics and software engineering fluently, turning complex pipelines into usable, widely adopted tools.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and medical biotechnology Department of Computer Science, Master's degree in Bioinformatics and medical biotechnology Department of Computer Science at Università degli Studi di VeronaPhD Microbiology, PhD Microbiology at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (43)
hierarchical10
package-management10
conda10
ncbi10
classifier10
marker10
microbiome10
profiling10
bioinformatics10
bioconda10
metagenomics10
taxonomy9
blast9
clustering6
dna-sequences5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
motu-tool/mOTUs
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
motus - a tool for marker gene-based OTU (mOTU) profiling
Contributions:296 commits, 29 PRs, 283 pushes in 4 years 8 months
profilingmarkermetagenomicsotumotu
AlessioMilanese/FISH_probes
Apr 2021 - Feb 2025
Scripts to design FISH probes for 16S sequences
Contributions:1 PR, 33 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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