Matthias Scholz
Senior Research Scientist In Bioinformatics
Trentino – Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
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Top SchoolMatthias Scholz is a senior research scientist in bioinformatics with 12 years of experience developing computational tools for strain-level metagenomics and integrating machine learning, network science, and nonlinear PCA into microbial ecology. Based in Trentino–Alto Adige, he leads bioinformatics research at Fondazione Edmund Mach after postdoctoral roles at Università di Trento and Greifswald, and a PhD-focused career at the Max Planck Institute. His work blends methodological innovation with applied studies of bacterial evolution and spread—such as Wolbachia in insects—and the influence of diet on gut microbiomes to inform human health. Matthias has a computer science background from Humboldt University and a track record of producing reusable computational pipelines and tools that bridge sequencing, metabolomics, and ecological network analysis. He is active in the research community (ORCID, academic site, and Twitter) and routinely translates complex high-dimensional data into actionable biological insights. An underappreciated strength is his ability to connect environmental metagenomics with nutrition science, revealing cross-disciplinary opportunities for intervention.
12 years of coding experience
Diplom, Computer Science, Diplom, Computer Science at Humboldt University of Berlin
English, German
Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics9
profiling8
composition8
shotgun5
sequencing4
genomics3
metagenomics2
python2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
SegataLab/panphlan
Apr 2015 - Sep 2017
PanPhlAn is a strain-level metagenomic profiling tool for identifying the gene composition of individual strains in metagenomic samples
Contributions:192 commits in 2 years 5 months
compositionindividualprofilingstrainstrain-level
matthias-scholz/nonlinear-pca
May 2014 - May 2020
Contributions:40 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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