Torsten Seemann | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Monash University (BSc Hons; PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbial genomics Computational genomics Epidemiology |
Institutions | University of Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Hospital |
Thesis | Digital Image Processing using Local Image Segmentation (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Tischer |
Torsten Seemann is an Australian bioinformatician, academic and researcher that is known for developing tools and methods for analysing genomic data from bacterial pathogens. He is a professor at University of Melbourne's Department of Microbiology and Immunology. His current research focuses on investigating pathogen evolution, transmission and drug-resistance. [1]
He is one of the most cited Australian bioinformatician with more than 36,670 citation on Google Scholar. [2]