Alexander Dietrich

Alexander Dietrich is a PhD student (Researcher) at the Chair of Experimental Bioinformatics, Technical University of Munich (TUM). His work focuses on data science in systems biology, including the development of tools like the R Shiny app Namco and the R package SimBu for microbiome data analysis and simulation. He is involved in the omnideconv project, benchmarking cell-type deconvolution methods, and the NetfLID project studying viral diseases' long-term effects via transcriptomic and DNA methylation data.

• 2022 - Present: Doctoral Candidate in Bioinformatics at DaiSyBio, TUM
• 2020: Student Research Assistant at Chair of Experimental Bioinformatics, TUM
• 2018 - 2021: MSc in Bioinformatics at TUM and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 2015 - 2018: BSc in Bioinformatics at TUM and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

His research integrates computational methods with biomedical applications, particularly in RNA sequencing data simulation and deconvolution. He contributes to joint projects with TU Braunschweig and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.