Description: Wout Bittremieux
Prof. Dr. Wout Bittremieux is an assistant research professor in the Adrem Data Lab at the University of Antwerp . His research employs advanced computational techniques to solve fundamental biological questions, by developing algorithmic solutions and machine learning methods for the analysis of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics data. He has developed several innovative tools to harness novel biological insights from hundreds of millions of mass spectra. His work is ideally positioned at
In 2020, Dr. Bittremieux received the prestigious Postdoctoral Career Development Award from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, in 2021 he was named a "Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics" by the Journal of Proteome Research for demonstrating 'incredible originality and promise for the future of proteomics and metabolomics,' in 2022 he won the Early Career Researcher Manuscript Competition by the Human Proteome Organization, and in 2023 he received the Bioinformatics for Mass Spectrometry Aw
Dr. Bittremieux is an avid contributor to the computational mass spectrometry community. He has published widely in internationally recognized scientific journals, is an active member of the European Bioinformatics Community for Mass Spectrometry (EuBIC-MS), and leads the CompMS interest group of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). Furthermore, he has contributed to the development of mass spectrometry data standards defined by the Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) and is an acti