Summary
Maria Carbonetto is a bioinformatics analyst and postdoctoral researcher with over 15 years of scientific research experience and eight years focused on applied bioinformatics across academia and industry. She specializes in genome assembly, metagenomics and comparative evolutionary genomics, having optimized pipelines for non-model metazoan genomes and led microbiome analytics projects that secured competitive funding. Maria combines hands-on pipeline development (Bash, R, QIIME2, DADA2, Bowtie2, etc.) with team leadership and training, mentoring PhD students and junior bioinformaticians across multicultural teams. Her track record spans publishing high-impact papers, presenting at international forums, and building one of Argentina’s first genomic facilities, reflecting a rare blend of technical depth and project-level coordination. Based in Barcelona, she is highly autonomous and adaptable, skilled at turning complex genomic data into actionable insights for both research and applied biotech settings.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biology at Universidad de Buenos Aires
Spanish, English, Portuguese, French