Nicola Bonzanni

Nicola Bonzanni has a diverse work experience. Nicola started their career in 2007 as a Ph.D. student at VU University Amsterdam, where they conducted research on the application of formal models to biological research. Nicola graduated with a dissertation titled "Towards executable biology". In 2009, they were a Research Intern at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where they worked on biological modelling in collaboration with the department of System Biology of the University of Cambridge. Nicola developed a formal model of starvation response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In 2010, they returned to Microsoft Research Cambridge as a Research Intern and applied computer models to biological research. Nicola developed new algorithms for transcription factors analysis based on boolean modelling and graph theory. In 2012, they became a Postdoctoral Fellow at NKI-AVL, where they conducted cancer research with a focus on bioinformatics and data analysis. In 2016, they Co-Founded SCI-BRAIN, a platform to discover new key opinion leaders. In 2015, they became Founder and Chief Product Officer at ENPICOM BV, where they were in charge of initiatives across the entire product lifecycle. Nicola also held the role of Interim Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Scientific Officer.

Nicola Bonzanni obtained their Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) between 2007 and 2011. Prior to that, they obtained their M.Sc. in Computer Science from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca between 2001 and 2007.