Livio Ruzzante
Postdoctoral Researcher at Agroscope
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolLivio Ruzzante is a multidisciplinary computational biologist and postdoctoral researcher with 8 years of experience applying bioinformatics, epidemiology, and data science to real-world problems across Europe, Africa, and South America. Skilled in Python, R, Bash, Snakemake, C++, SQL and web tools like Streamlit and Dash, he bridges comparative genomics, phylogenomics and clinical data science to deliver reproducible workflows and actionable models. At Agroscope he integrates live fungal spore monitoring with crop disease modeling to support ecological farming, building on prior work in sustainable agriculture, biological control and hospital data science. He has hands-on field experience running IPM experiments in Rwanda and a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Lausanne, enabling him to translate field observations into computational insight. Known for adapting quickly to new scientific domains, Livio thrives in interdisciplinary teams and across borders to turn complex biological data into decision-ready outputs. An uncommon strength is his blend of wet‑lab/field exposure with production-oriented tooling, ensuring models are both biologically grounded and operational.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of Lausanne - UNILBachelor's degree, Life Sciences Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Life Sciences Engineering at EPFLBachelor's degree, Life Sciences and Technologies, Bachelor's degree, Life Sciences and Technologies at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Master of Science (MSc), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Master of Science (MSc), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at Université de Neuchâtel
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German
Github Skills (3)
bioinformatics6
phylogenetics5
italia1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
laruzzante/orthophile
Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:20 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
laruzzante/covid-19
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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