Jonathan Hira

Jonathan Hira is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, specializing in marine bioprospecting and host-pathogen infectomics. His interdisciplinary work focuses on rapid diagnostics through advanced technologies such as microfluidics, flow cytometry, and next-generation sequencing (NGS). He has made significant contributions to microbial diagnostics, including the discovery of the pathogenic bacterial species Vibrio echinoideorum, identification of a cellular source for an anticardiotoxic drug, and development of a single-cell phenotypic method for antibiotic heteroresistance studies. He is also advancing laboratory automation using robotics and AI.

• Education: PhD in Natural Sciences (Marine Biotechnology) from UiT The Arctic University of Norway (2019), MSc in Molecular Medicine (Anti-cancer Drug Screening) from NTNU (2013), and MSc in Biotechnology (Computational Biology) from North South University (2010).
• Certifications: Single Cell RNA-Seq Analysis (University of Edinburgh), Hands-on Data Analysis for Metabolic Profiling (Imperial College London), R Programming AZ™ (Udemy), High Throughput Sequencing of Non-model Organisms (Nord University), and Foundation Course in University Pedagogy (UiT, 2024).
• Grant: Co-awarded 1.2 million NOK for the BacPac (Bacteria Capturing Programmable Artificial Cell System) project, collaborating with UiT and NCMM Oslo.