About
Magnus Fontes is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Automatic Control within the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. He also contributes to the ELLIIT: The Linköping-Lund initiative on IT and mobile communication. His work bridges Computational Biology, Immunology, and Mathematical Modeling, focusing on high-dimensional biological data analysis and immune system dynamics.
His research spans Genetics, Systems Biology, and Machine Learning, with recent work on:
- Sex-based differences in immune responses to infections
- Statistical methods for single-cell data analysis
- Viral evolution modeling
- Genome-wide association studies
- Dimensionality reduction algorithms
- Computational immunology frameworks
Notable trends include Integration of SDGs in health research, particularly SDG3 (Good Health) and SDG10 (Reduced Inequalities). He has contributed to 36+ publications and participates in cross-disciplinary initiatives like the Engineering Health Crossroads workshop (2023). Key projects include Bioinformatics research (2013-2014) and collaborative work with the Milieu Intérieur Consortium.
