Daniel Schmitz
Bioinformatician
Gothenburg, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Schmitz is a bioinformatician with nine years of experience specializing in human genomics, rare disease diagnostics, and sequencing-based workflows. He holds a PhD in Medical Genetics from Uppsala University and has combined large-cohort genomics research with practical NGS pipeline development and software for diagnostic settings. His work spans research, teaching and supervision, international exchanges in spatial transcriptomics, and recent roles delivering routine bioinformatics at the University of Gothenburg. Beyond the bench, Daniel has led community organizing as chairperson of RFSL Uppsala, where he coordinated the city’s first post-COVID pride festival of over 3,000 attendees—an experience that sharpened his event planning, media engagement and leadership skills. He brings a collaborative, impact-driven mindset that blends technical rigor with community advocacy and a long-standing curiosity about sequencing technologies. Based in Gothenburg, he is motivated by improving health outcomes through robust computational solutions and inclusive teamwork.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, 1.5, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, 1.5 at Technical University of MunichDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human/Medical Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human/Medical Genetics at Uppsala University
English, German, Swedish, Portuguese
Github Skills (32)
mahjong10
nextflow10
nf-core10
next-generation-sequencing9
sequencing9
latex9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
typesetting8
conda8
reproducible-research8
package-management8
preprocessing8
pipeline7
bioconda7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Schmytzi/cv
Jun 2023 - Jan 2026
Contributions:2 releases, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
Schmytzi/nallo
Oct 2024 - Jul 2026
A long-read (PacBio and ONT) analysis pipeline written in Nextflow
Contributions:135 pushes, 30 branches in 1 year 9 months
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