Albert Georg Burger

Albert Georg Burger is a Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom. He also holds a part-time secondment to the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh as a Biomedical Informatics Scientist. His research spans biomedical informatics systems, semantic web technologies, and spatio-temporal data integration.

• Education: BSc (1988), MSc (1991), PhD (1996) in Computer Science
• Key roles: Senior Lecturer (Heriot-Watt, 2004), Founder of the Biomedical Informatics Systems Engineering Lab (BISEL)

His primary research focuses on distributed biomedical informatics systems, including the integration of data and computational biomedical models, particularly in spatio-temporal frameworks like the Edinburgh Mouse Atlas. He also works on biomedical ontologies, semantic web technologies, and eHealth applications, with a strong emphasis on knowledge transfer to biomedical end-users.

Recent publications highlight his work on clinical data integration, 3D human reference atlas construction, and visual biomedical data analysis tools, often leveraging semantic web technologies and ontologies. Collaborative efforts include contributions to the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) and the Human Gut Cell Atlas roadmap.

• Scientific awards: Fulbright Scholarship
• Academic affiliations: Heriot-Watt University, MRC Human Genetics Unit

Burger founded the Biomedical Informatics Systems Engineering Lab (BISEL) at Heriot-Watt University, leading interdisciplinary efforts to bridge computer science and biomedical research.