Ivan U. Kouzel

Bioinformatician
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  • PhD in molecular biology with focus on data science and bioinformatics
  • 7+ years of advanced data analysis and data visualization skills
  • Expert at developing targeted solutions that are statistically rigorous and explainable
  • Can work in 4 languages
  • Significant professional impact: 10+ published articles and 200+ citations on Google Scholar

Work Experience

Bioinformatician

Sars Centre, Bergen, Norway | 2019 - Present

Main project: Bioinformatic modelling of marine neural development

  • Use command line tools to process high throughput RNA sequencing data
  • Perform data restructuring, cleaning, quality control, statistical analysis and visualization to understand a range of biological processes
  • Build and implement infrastructure for reproducibility in the department with version control, R Markdown, bookdown, and knitr packages
  • Train and mentor peers in analyzing complex datasets and R programming
  • Key achievements: Removed a workload bottleneck by building a reusable modeling and analysis framework with capabilities to process terabytes of data. Colleagues can now easily access and apply the computational findings

Associate scientist

Institute of Bioinformatics, Münster, Germany | 2014 - Present

  • Responsible for project system architecture and touchpoint to sysadmin
  • Perform quantitative comparative transcriptomics and statistical inference
  • Project planning and design of experimental and statistical methods
  • Data analysis and visualization with R and Bioconductor

Visiting researcher

The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan | 2016 - 2017, 2014-2015

  • High performance computing on Linux and UNIX servers
  • Designed and implemented data analysis workflow using a combination of unsupervised and supervised approaches
  • Processed, organized and evaluated Next-Generation Sequencing data

Postdoctoral researcher

Institute for Hygiene, Münster, Germany | 2015 - 2018

  • Project budgeting and reporting
  • Coordinated plans between stakeholders in Germany and Japan
  • Supervised and trained two lab technicians and four masters students
  • Authored and contributed to grant applications for research development
  • Collaborated a team of doctors, biologists, physicists, chemists and public health researchers to create an integrative approach to combat EHEC infection

Founder & Director

Center for Environmental Solutions (CES), Minsk, Belarus | 2009

  • Founded CES (http://ecoidea.by/en) to promote ideas of sustainable development and environmental protection through the development and implementation of projects aimed at reducing society’s environmental impact
  • Established an organizational structure aimed at enduring a challenging political landscape
  • Currently CES has 15 employees, raised over 2 million euros in international grants and donations, and has successfully grown 30+ projects in Belarus
  • Active board member

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