Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at Aix-Marseille University (AMU), within the IBDM. I received my PhD in Computer Science, with a focus on bioinformatics, and I develop computational methods and tools to extract biological insight from complex data, using tools from network sciences and machine learning.
My research revolves around three main themes: multi-omics data integration; analysis of biological networks and knowledge graphs; and integration of experimental omics data with prior knowledge.
Projects
My current research direction is to develop knowledge-guided AI models for multi-omics data analysis and integration, combining experimental measurements with structured biological knowledge (networks, knowledge graphs, ontologies). Rather than relying on purely black-box predictions, I aim to build models guided by prior knowledge, providing explanations in terms of causal pathways and regulatory mechanisms. At IBDM, I am working on developing such approaches to uncover regulatory drivers of cell fate decisions from multi-omics profiles in developing tissues.