Summary
Saulo Aflitos is a senior bioinformatics researcher with 14 years of experience applying genomics, data science and cloud infrastructure to plant breeding and R&D. At Bejo Zaden he leads a small multidisciplinary team, architects bioinformatics pipelines and maintains the group’s cloud stack while scouting new technologies to boost efficiency. His background spans hands-on genomics (10X, Bionano, Illumina, PacBio), fungal and plant genome assembly, and a PhD in Applied Bioinformatics focused on tomato introgression breeding. Practical, curiosity-driven and delivery-oriented, he combines academic rigor with production-grade tooling to move big-data analyses from experiment to impact — currently refocusing his skills toward improving food systems.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree - Incomplete, Biochemistry, Master's Degree - Incomplete, Biochemistry at Federal University of Ceara
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Bioinformatics at Wageningen University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at Universidade Federal da Bahia
Portuguese, English, Spanish