Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Professor at Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
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Top SchoolBjarni Vilhjalmsson is a Professor of statistical genetics and bioinformatics in Aarhus with 14 years of experience bridging mathematics, computer science, and applied genomics. He progressed from PhD work on GWAS in structured populations to postdoctoral method development at the Broad Institute and Harvard, and later translated research into product leadership roles at QIAGEN. His work focuses on predictive genetics and developing robust statistical methods for complex traits, combining deep theoretical training with hands-on implementation. As a research group leader and former product owner, he is comfortable moving ideas from algorithm to product and collaborating across academic and industry teams. Based in Denmark, he brings a rare blend of mathematical rigor, software fluency, and product-minded delivery to translational genomics projects.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Computational Biology, Ph.D, Computational Biology at University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenMenntaskolinn á Akureyri
Icelandic, Danish, English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
genome10
r-package9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
memory-mapped-file8
parallel-computing6
r6
imputation5
big-data4
plink3
prediction3
julia2
python2
ancestry2
machine-learning1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bvilhjal/pypcma
Sep 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:430 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
bvilhjal/mixmogam
Jul 2012 - Mar 2019
Mixed Model Package For Genome-wide association mapping.
Contributions:118 commits, 2 PRs, 24 pushes in 6 years 10 months
genomeassociationgenomicsbioinformaticsmapping
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