Maia Malonzo

Maia Malonzo is a visiting faculty member at Aalto University's Department of Computer Science, focused on bioinformatics and epigenetic research. She is affiliated with the Professorship Lähdesmäki Harri and has contributed to 8 research outputs since 2015.

• Doctor of Science in Technology (2024, Aalto University)
• Master of Science in Technology (2012, Aalto University)

Her research spans DNA methylation analysis, stem cell biochemistry, transcriptome studies, and biomedical informatics. Key projects include the SyMMys initiative (2015–2017) under the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Molecular Systems Immunology and Physiology Research.

Recent publications (2022–2024) include tools like LuxHMM and LuxRep for bisulfite sequencing data analysis, with applications in epigenetics and disease biomarker discovery.

She has collaborated on datasets for genome segmentation and received media coverage for her bioinformatics work, including mentions in news outlets and social media discussions (2023).