Sina Rüeger
Associate Director & Senior Principal Data Scientist
Switzerland
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Top SchoolSina Rüeger is an Associate Director and Senior Principal Data Scientist based in Basel with nine years of experience applying statistical genetics to genomic and health-record data for biomarker development at Novartis. With a PhD in Statistical Genetics and a background in engineering and data analysis, he blends rigorous academic training with practical pipeline engineering and reproducible analytics. He is known for making complex multi-modal data accessible through clear visualizations and for adapting Agile practices to scientific workflows to accelerate cross-disciplinary collaboration. His career spans academia and industry, including postdoctoral work at EPFL and data roles at FIMM, giving him deep domain knowledge across research and translational settings. An active member of the R community (co-organizing R-Ladies Lausanne) and a hands-on R user, he prioritizes reproducible, well-documented code and scalable analysis pipelines. Notably, his path from pharmacy assistant to statistical geneticist underscores a pragmatic curiosity and interdisciplinary perspective that informs his approach to precision medicine.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistical Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistical Genetics at University of LausannePharmacy assistant apprenticeship, Pharmacy assistant apprenticeship at GBS Gewerbliches Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum St. GallenMaster of Engineering - MEng, Information and Communication Technology, Master of Engineering - MEng, Information and Communication Technology at ZHAW School of EngineeringVocational grammar school, Vocational grammar school at Bildungszentrum für Wirtschaft
Github Skills (90)
starter-kit10
statistical-genetics10
r10
statistics10
data-visualization10
ropensci10
r-package10
data-science10
fine-mapping10
reserved10
genetics10
visualization10
gwas10
network-tools9
biomart9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
satRdays/neuchatel2020
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
repo for satRday Neuchâtel
Contributions:216 commits, 9 PRs, 216 pushes in 4 months
satrdaytelcrossworddatamining
sinarueeger/GWAS.utils
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
R package 📦 for handy functions when working with GWAS (summary) data
Contributions:1 release, 127 commits, 33 PRs in 1 year
r-packagehandy-functionsrstatsdata-summaryhandy
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