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Associate Professor
Luis Pedro Coelho
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Biography
Professional experienceSince 2023 Group Leader, ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
2018-2023 Junior Principal Investigator (Fudan University)
2013–2018 Postdoctoral researcher at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Bork Lab
2012 Postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisbon), Mhlanga Lab
Education
2011 PhD in computational biology, Carnegie Mellon University
Dissertation topic: Modeling the Space of Subcellular Location Patterns Using Images and Other Sources of Information,
advised by Prof. Robert F. Murphy.
2006 MSc in computer science, Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University Lisbon)
Dissertation topic: Bayesian Network Parameter Estimation Using Noisy Observations or Soft Evidence, advised by Prof.
Arlindo Oliveira.
2004 BSc in computer science, Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University Lisbon)
Scholarships & awards
2022-2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-field category)
2021 Zhicheng Teaching Award (first prize)
2012 Siebel Scholar - Awarded annually for academic excellence and demonstrated leadership to 85 top students from the world’s leading graduate schools
2009 Joint CMU-U. of Pittsburgh PhD. in Computational Biology Research Excellence Award
2008 Joint CMU-U. of Pittsburgh PhD. in Computational Biology Academic Excellence Award
2006 Fulbright Fellow
2005 Scholarship from Portuguese Science Foundation
2001 Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) Academic Excellence Award
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow/Group Leader
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Qualifications
- PhD in Computational Biology
Teaching
- 2019–2023 Co-taught Scientific Communication at Fudan University, a one-semester graduate course
- 2012–present Certified Software Carpentry Instructor
I have given lectures on Software Carpentry in Germany, Denmark, Cyprus, Jordan, and Spain. - 2009 Programming for Scientists
I designed and taught a semester-long course on computer programming for scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. - 2008 Teaching Assistant for Laboratory Methods for Computational Biologists (CMU)
Publications
QUT ePrints
To find publications by Luis Pedro, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Supervision
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