Isin Altinkaya
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Cologne
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolIsin Altinkaya is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cologne specializing in evolutionary bioinformatics, where he builds predictive algorithms to infer trajectories of viruses, microbes, and cancer from time-resolved sequencing and phylogenetics. With a PhD from the University of Copenhagen and eight years of experience, he combines statistical genomics, probabilistic modeling, and high-throughput workflow engineering to turn complex NGS datasets into actionable evolutionary forecasts. He is a systems-minded programmer fluent in C/C++, Python, R and Rust, and a seasoned workflow and server administrator who routinely optimizes pipelines with Snakemake, Nextflow and Conda. Beyond publications and teaching, he contributes practical tooling—often focused on low-depth sequencing and ancient DNA—and runs rented Linux servers for hobby projects, reflecting a pragmatic blend of research and infrastructure expertise.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenBachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General at Hacettepe UniversityHigh School Diploma, Science, High School Diploma, Science at Bornova Anadolu Lisesi (İzmir Koleji)
English, Turkish, German, Danish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (100)
package-management10
conda10
vcf-files10
bioinformatics10
next-generation-sequencing9
bioconda9
htslib9
genomics9
sequencing9
closest9
genetic8
markov8
simulate8
simulation8
hidden8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
isinaltinkaya/actg-lock
Nov 2018 - Mar 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
isinaltinkaya/i3gcalendar
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
A script to see the closest event in your Google Calendar on your i3blocks bar.
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 11 months
closestcalendari3blocksgoogle-calendar
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