Nejc Stopnisek
Head Of Department at NLZOH.si
Maribor, Slovenia
Summary
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Top SchoolNejc Stopnisek is a microbiome research leader with 15+ years of experience integrating genomics, metabolomics and chemical analytics to elucidate microbial roles in engineered, natural and host-associated systems. He combines over a decade of bioinformatics and data science expertise—R, Python, UNIX, SQL and Git—to turn complex multi-omics data into actionable insights and policy-relevant outcomes. Currently Head of Department at Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije and Senior Scientist / Assistant Professor at NLZOH, he bridges academic research and applied laboratory programs across Slovenia and international collaborations. His postdoctoral work in the US and EU focused on plant–soil–microbe interactions and synthetic microbial ecology, giving him a rare blend of mechanistic and ecosystem-level perspectives. Fluent in English, Slovene and German, he is known for clear communication and reproducible documentation practices that accelerate translational microbiome science.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Microbiology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Microbiology at University of ZurichDiploma Microbiology, Diploma Microbiology at University of Ljubljana
English, German, Slovenian
Github Skills (19)
bioinformatics6
microbiome6
bioconductor6
metagenomics5
genomics5
taxonomy5
genome5
nmf4
blast4
annotations4
binning4
genomes4
autoencoder4
computational-biology4
refined4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nejcstopno/academic-kickstart_new
May 2019 - Feb 2024
Contributions:89 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
ShadeLab/PAPER_Shade_CurrOpinMicro
Jun 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes in 3 years
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