Nuno Pires • data scientist

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • PhD in Biological Sciences

    2006-2011 University of East Anglia / University of Oxford (UK)

  • Licenciatura (Diplom) in Cell Biology and Biotechnology

    2001-2005 University of Lisbon (Portugal)

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Work experience

  • 2022-now • Digital Product Owner

    BI X - Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)

    • Led a product team during the development of a novel visual monitoring device
    • Drove multiple collaborations with dozens of internal and external partners

  • 2021-now • Senior Data Scientist

    BI X - Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)

    • Member of agile cross-functional teams developing digital products
    • Collaborations with internal Boehringer units, including regional offices (BI Spain), cardiovascular and immuno-oncology departments
    • Supported with the creation, development and evaluation of novel digital ideas

  • 2018-2020 • Data Scientist

    BI X - Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)

    • Member of agile cross-functional teams developing digital products in Computational Chemistry and Translational Medicine
    • Supported with the development and evaluation of novel digital ideas

  • 2017-2018 • Bioinformatician

    ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

    • Bioinformatician at the Institute of Molecular Health Sciences and at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health
    • Designed and analysed genomics and transcriptomics analyses
    • Collaborated with Boehringer Ingelheim to identify novel targets related to human metabolism

  • 2011-2017 • Postdoctoral researcher

    University of Zurich (Switzerland)

    • Managed research projects on statistical genetics, bioinformatics and epigenetics
    • Teaching and mentoring of BSc, MSc and PhD students
    • Scientific advisor (peer-reviewer) for various international journals

  • 2010-2011 | Postdoctoral researcher

    University of Oxford (UK)

    • Managed research projects on plant evolution and development
    • Mentored BSc and PhD students

  • 2006–2011 • PhD fellow

    John Innes Centre / University of East Anglia (UK) & University of Oxford (UK)

    • Managed research projects on plant evolution and development
    • Contributed to interdisciplinary research on environmental and climate science
    • Mentored MSc and PhD students

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Grants

  • Research project grants (2012 & 2014) University of Zurich (Switzerland)
  • Short-term travel grants (2012 & 2016) Julius Klaus Stiftung (Switzerland)
  • PhD scholarship (2006) Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal)
  • PhD scholarship (2006) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal) Awarded, not activated
  • Leonardo da Vinci scholarship (2005) European Commission

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Publications

Full list of scientific publications at Google Scholar and ORCID iD.