Alexessander Couto Alves

Dr. Alexessander Couto Alves is a Lecturer in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics at the University of Surrey's School of Biosciences (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences). He holds a PhD, MSc, and MEng in relevant fields. His research focuses on identifying genetic contributors to complex diseases through genomic studies and developing bioinformatics tools for multi-omics data integration. Key methods include GWAS, eQTL mapping, and statistical modeling for health data analysis.

Research collaborations include work with Prof. John Holloway at Southampton University. He teaches modules in Molecular Biology, Systems Biology, and Microbial Genetics. Supervised postgraduate students include Christopher Shore (MSc 2019) and Nadia Mohammed (PhD 2021). GitHub contributions include repositories for genomic analysis tools like 'auc' (ROC curve estimation) and 'lmm' (linear mixed models).