About

I am a computational biologist currently pursuing my doctoral degree at the University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands. My research focuses on investigating the aging of the immune system and the risk of cardiovascular disease using population data. Specifically, I explore the impact of the human microbiome, along with other life exposures and genetic background, on the immune system.

My Journey

May 2023 - September 2024: Visiting Scholar, University of Trento

I worked as a visiting scholar at the Computational Metagenomics group under the supervision of Nicola Segata in Trento, Italy. My research focused on integrating large-scale metagenomic data at the subspecies level resolution to understand its association with human health and disease.

January 2020 - 2024: PhD Studies, University Medical Center Groningen

Ph.D. in the Microbiome group at the University Medical Center Groningen under the supervision of Prof. Jingyuan Fu [Google Scholar] and Sasha Zhernakova [Google Scholar], I work closely with the Lifelines project, a three-generations population cohort from Northern Netherlands. By analyzing the gut microbiome, genetics, lifestyle, diet, immune parameters, and metabolism data from the cohort participants, I explore various research questions.

September 2018 - 2020: MSc Studies, University of Copenhagen

I pursued a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. During this two-year program, I honed my expertise in bioinformatics, statistics, and data science. My MSc work was part of the Bird 10,000 Genome project at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics under the supervision of Guojie Zhang (Google Scholar). Throughout my MSc studies, I also worked part-time as a bioinformatician at Evaxion Biotech and Rigshospitalet, Genomic Medicine.

September 2013 - 2018: BSc Studies, Technical University of Valencia

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology - Human and Biomedical biotechnology track - from the Technical University of Valencia. This is a 4-year program, in which I had the change to undergone two academic exchanges. First I went to Krakow (Poland), to Jagiellonian University (9 months). Later I moved to Beijing (China) in Tsinghua University (6 months). Once I finished my studies and before starting my MSc, I was an intern at JL Micol’s group.