Breno De Almeida
Research Assistant at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolBreno De Almeida is a double-degree PhD student and research assistant with nine years of experience at the intersection of bioinformatics, microbial data science and machine learning. He currently works in the Microbial Data Science group at Helmholtz UFZ and has held FAPESP-funded projects focused on leveraging large language models for protein classification and design. His background blends rigorous computer science and engineering training from USP with hands-on research stints at Fudan University and international collaboration in Leipzig, giving him a strong empirical and computational toolkit. Beyond research, he has taught core CS courses, led student tech organizations, and applied digital strategy skills in industry, reflecting an ability to translate technical work for diverse audiences. Notably, his work emphasizes decoding biological sequences with modern ML approaches—combining large-scale data handling experience with domain-focused model development.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science bachelor Computer Science, Computer Science bachelor Computer Science at USP - Universidade de São PauloTechnician Informatics, Technician Informatics at ETEC Prof. Camargo Aranha
English, Portuguese, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (3)
feature-engineering6
data-science4
machine-learning4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
efestus-usp/Documents
Apr 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
efestus-usp/efestus-site
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:147 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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