Vijini Mallawaarachchi

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20172025

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Research Biography

Vijini is a Research Associate in Bioinformatics at the Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration (FAME). Her research interests include metagenomics, algorithms, data science and machine learning.

Vijini completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Australian National University in 2022, and her thesis is focused on developing models and algorithms for improved binning of metagenomic data. She has developed several metagenomic binning tools which have leveraged assembly graphs to bin bacterial metagenomes accurately. Currently, her research at FAME focuses on developing methods to bin viral metagenomes which can facilitate the discovery of novel bacteriophages from metagenomic data.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Computer Science, Australian National University

Award Date: 13 Dec 2022

Supervision

  • Registered

Research Areas

  • Digital health

Supervisory Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Metagenomics
  • Programming, Algorithms and Problem Solving
  • Data science

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