Torbjørn Rognes

Torbjørn Rognes is a Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, and holds a senior scientist position at Oslo University Hospital in the Department of Microbiology. As a core member of the Scientific Computation and Machine Learning (SCML) group and Genome Stability and DNA Repair research team, he focuses on developing high-performance computational tools for bioinformatics applications.

• Current positions: University of Oslo (Professor) and Oslo University Hospital (Senior Scientist)
• Research areas: Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Parallel Computing, Microbiome Analysis, DNA Repair

Scientific contributions include:

• Leading development of CompAIRR for immune receptor repertoire comparison
• Creating VSEARCH and Swarm for metagenomic sequence clustering
• Pioneering HoCoRT for host contamination removal
• Advancing NucBreak and NucDiff for genome assembly analysis

Academic training encompasses:

• Supervising 15+ PhD candidates across multiple institutions
• Maintaining educational roles in Computational Science: Bioinformatics and PROSA programs
• Contributing to courses in bioinformatics, algorithms, and high-performance computing

Key collaborative networks include:

• Center for Computational Inference in Evolutionary Life Science (CELS)
• CRESCO - Centre for Embryology and Healthy Development
• Oslo University Hospital research teams