Javier Millán Acosta, PhD Candidate (J.)
I received my bachelor's degree in Biotechnology at Universitat de Lleida (UdL) in 2019, with an Erasmus stay at Wageningen University and Research (WUR), and later completed a master's degree in Bioinformatics also at WUR.
In 2022, I joined Maastricht University as a Doctoral Researcher under the supervision of Dr. Ir. Chris T. Evelo and Dr. Egon Willighagen. My research centers on the development, maintenance, and application of biomedical ontologies and knowledge graphs, with a focus on toxicology.
Expertises
Linked data, ontologies, knowledge graphs, software development, data visualization, toxicology.
Career history
Doctoral Researcher
Maastricht University
Researching the development, maintenance, and use of biomedical ontologies and knowledge graphs at the Translational Genomics (TGX) group.
Internship
FrieslandCampina R&D
Jun 2021 – Oct 2021
I integrated heterogeneous food systems and food composition data to study dietary deficiencies and their links to disease in lower middle-income countries.
Internship
Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA) - Clinical Neurosciences Group
Jun 2018 – Sep 2018
I performed molecular lab assays to study transient ischemia recovery on animal and human models.