Hedi Peterson
Head Of Node at ELIXIR Estonia
Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolHedi Peterson is a bioinformatics and systems biology leader who has spent two decades deciphering regulatory networks, with a PhD in Bioinformatics and a research trajectory that began in 2003 studying pluripotency and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells. As Head of Node at ELIXIR Estonia and Professor of Bioinformatics at the University of Tartu, he combines hands-on development and maintenance of widely used life-science web tools (g:Profiler, MEM, funcExplorer, PAWER) with national coordination of data infrastructure and training. He has steered projects from postdoc experimental motivated questions—ranging from psychiatric models to glioblastoma—to production-ready omics integration methods and services. Known for translating complex biological network models into practical tools for researchers, he also brings organizational leadership experience from academic management and industry research roles. Based in Estonia, Hedi blends deep research pedigree with operational delivery, ensuring bioinformatics resources are both scientifically rigorous and user-friendly.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Tallinna ÜldgümnaasiumDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioinformatics at University of TartuMSc Bioinformatics, MSc Bioinformatics at Uppsala University
Github Skills (24)
infectious-diseases10
machine-learning8
bioinformatics5
genomics5
portal5
genes5
discovery4
sandbox3
revit-api3
rails3
ruby2
ontologies2
r-package2
python2
ruby-on-rails2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hedi-ee/infectious-diseases-toolkit
May 2022 - Jan 2024
Infectious diseases toolkit
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 1 year 8 months
infectious-diseasesdiseasesmachine-learning
hedi-ee/hedi-ee
Mar 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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