Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

• Postdoctoral Scientist - Heidelberg University - Klaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology), Heidelberg University - Heidelberg, Germany (03/2021-Current)
  • Integration of multi-omics data to shed light into the molecular mechanisms leading to the development of cardiomyopathies.
  • Development of computational tools used for the understanding of Alternative Splicing effects to protein signalling networks.
  • Identification of essential parameter settings for direct RNA sequencing with Nanopore Sequencing.
  • Computational tools and analyses scripts developed in R.
• SYMBIOSYS ITN Early Stage Researcher/PhD Candidate – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and JRC COMBINE RWTH Aachen & BioQuant Zentrum Heidelberg University - Aachen & Heidelberg, Germany (08/2016-04/2020)
  • Thesis Title: Modelling and Analysis of Large-Scale Models of Signalling Networks (Defended on 10-12-2020).
  • Development of computational tools used for the modelling large-scale cell signalling networks
  • Integration of optimization techniques with simulation analysis in order to provide information about the behaviour of cell signalling systems.
  • Statistical and data exploration analysis of molecular data (mainly of proteomics and transcriptomics).
  • Computational tools developed in R.
• Master Thesis Project - Helmholtz Institut, RWTH Aachen - Aachen, Germany (02/2016-08/2016)
  • Thesis Title: Registration of 3D ultrasound volume images and segmentation of bone surfaces using statistical shape models.
  • 3D reconstruction and segmentation of the knee joint based on ultrasound imagery.
  • The Image Registration process consisted of applying optimization algorithms for identifying the 3D rigid transformation matrix parameters and statistical shape models for efficient segmentation.
  • Codes were written in MATLAB and C++.
• Internship - AZ Maria Middelares - Ghent, Belgium (02/2015-07/2015)
  • 3D delineation and volume estimation of the Striatum of the Brain and Liver Cancer tissues.
  • Development of tools used to quantify the severity of Parkinson Disease and Liver Cancer for making proper treatment planning.
  • Software tools developed in MATLAB.

Education

• BSc. in Electronic Engineering - Polytechnic University of Tirana - Tirana, Albania (09/2009-08/2012)
  • Designing and conceiving applications of data processing systems.
  • Maintainance of electronic systems and sensor networks, database management, etc..
  • Software development
  • Thesis title: Data Network Simulation and DDoS Attack against it.
• MSc. in Electronic Engineering (Clinical Profile) - Polytechnic University of Tirana - Tirana, Albania (09/2012-08/2014)
  • Data processing in sanitary and biomedical and electronic systems.
  • Handling of automation and robotic systems.
  • Administration of public and private institutions.
  • Thesis title: Retinal Tears Detection based on Image Processing with MATLAB.
• CEMACUBE Erasmus Mundus MSc. in Biomedical Engineering - Ghent University and VU Brussels, Belgium (1st year 09/2014-09/2015)
  • Modelling of Physiological Systems.
  • Medical Imaging and Medical Physics.
  • Biomaterials and Biomechanics.
• CEMACUBE Erasmus Mundus MSc. in Biomedical Engineering - RWTH Aachen, Germany (2nd year 10/2015-08/2016)
  • Medical image processing and instrumentation.
  • Image-Guided Therapy/Molecular Imaging.
  • Optimisation techniques, applied statistics and processing of biological data.
  • Thesis title: Registration of 3D ultrasound volume images and segmentation of bone surfaces using statistical shape models.
  • After the completion of the CEMACUBE Erasmus Mundus program, I obtained a joint Msc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Ghent University, VU Brussels and RWTH Aachen University.

Skills

• Computational Biology
  • Modelling of Biological Systems, in particular cell-signalling.
  • Linear and Non-linear Dynamic optimization techniques.
  • Numerical simulation analysis of biological systems.
  • Statistical analysis of molecular data.
  • Databases and resources of biological knowledge.
  • Software development.
• Programming
  • R
  • MATLAB
  • Shell scripting
• Interpersonal
  • Communication
  • Presentations

Language Skills

Abanian: Mother toungue

Publications

For a selected list of Publications, please see here or you can check on my Google Scholar for a complete list of publications.

Talks

For Talks and Conference attendances, please see here.

Teaching

For Teaching experiences, please see here.

A PDF version of the CV in Europass version can be found here.