Inês Mendes

Inês Mendes is a Bioinformatics Scientist at Theiagen Genomics since February 2023. Prior to this role, Inês served as Vice President and Instructor at Lisbon Data Science Academy, focusing on data science education and training, and led the Student Success Area at Instituto de Medicina Molecular while pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, obtained in April 2023. Inês's research encompasses metagenomics for clinical microbiology during a PhD program at University Medical Center Groningen, along with earlier academic experience as a MSc student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The educational background includes degrees from multiple prestigious institutions in the fields of bioinformatics, data science, and molecular biology.