Debmalaya Barh

Debmalya Barh is currently a Visiting Full Professor in Bioinformatics at the Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution - ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. He is graduated (B.Sc) from Calcutta University, WB, India and completed M.Sc in Agriculture from the same University in 1999. Form Bangalore University, he did his second M.Sc in Applied Genetics in 2004 with University second rank. In coming years, he did Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, and Post-Doc in Bioinformatics. He has 16+ years industry (bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, and personal genomics) and similar years of academic research experience. His research areas include infectious disease genomics, clinical genetics and genomics, genetics tests, precision medicine and integrative omics-based biomarkers and target discovery. His research intention also includes translation of academic research into high value commercial products. He has introduced "Precision Health" course at ICB/UFMG is 2021. He has published 210+ International Journal articles, 45+ book chapters, 25+ books, 25 complete bacterial genomes, 10+ software, 3 databases. He is on Editorial Board of several journals such as Frontier in Genetics, PeerJ etc. and frequently serves as an external reviewer for Nature publications, Elsevier, PloS One etc.