Florian Breitwieser

Florian Breitwieser is a seasoned professional in bioinformatics and computational biology, currently serving as a Principal Software Engineer and Technical Lead at SOPHiA GENETICS since June 2019, specializing in data processing and variant calling methods. From February 2015 to June 2019, Florian was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, focusing on computational methods for metagenomics and infectious disease diagnosis in collaboration with Steven Salzberg and the Department of Pathology. Earlier roles include a PhD Researcher in Computational Proteomics at CeMM, where Florian developed methods for protein analysis, and several web development positions that contributed to project management and scientific documentation systems. Florian's academic credentials include a PhD in Medical Statistics, Biostatistics, and Complex Systems from Medical University of Vienna and bioinformatics degrees from Hagenberg Campus and Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences.