Nils Arrigo
Head Of The IT And Data Science Department - InfoFauna
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNils Arrigo is a senior bioinformatician and group leader with 10+ years bridging evolutionary biology and production-grade genomics software, currently heading the IT and Data Science department at InfoFauna in Lausanne. He combines hands-on bioinformatics (whole genomes, transcriptomes, RAD-seq) with project leadership—raising and managing CHF-funded academic projects, mentoring teams, and directing a 16-person tertiary analysis group at SOPHiA GENETICS. His research focuses on hybridization and polyploidy in plants, with a track record of 36 peer-reviewed papers, 753 citations, and open-source tools (including WGDetect) that have attracted thousands of downloads. He has repeatedly translated experimental design into scalable pipelines and simulators used to guide large greenhouse experiments and population sampling across hundreds of sites. Equally comfortable in R, C++ and pipeline development, he pairs ecological and population-genetics insight with product-minded delivery for clinical and research genomics. A less obvious strength is his ability to move ideas from field sampling through sequencing to actionable software that influences both academic publications and clinical decision support.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Hybridization, Wheat, Bioinformatics, PhD, Hybridization, Wheat, Bioinformatics at University of NeuchatelStartup ecosystem in Switzerland, Startup ecosystem in Switzerland at Business Concept CTI
French, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (2)
traits2
cpp1
Github contributions (5)
arrigon/WGDetect
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:19 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
arrigon/Introgress
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
cppongoingadaptivefnsintrogression
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