SCIENCE

ARNE DE KLERK

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics Engineer & Product Owner

Intelligent Data Ecosystems

BIOGRAPHY

Arne is a Bioinformatics Engineer and the Product Owner at KnetMiner. He holds a BSc in Computer Science with Game Development as well as Bioinformatics Honours and Masters degrees (with distinction). Arne has started several small companies and uses his entrepreneurial skills, game development design language and Bioinformatics analysis skills to actively improve the KnetMiner experience.

Although South African, Arne has lived in four countries, attended nearly ten schools, two universities and worked in several different industries, all helping formulate his open minded and flexible character. Among other things, he enjoys mechanical engineering, CAD, robotics and learning about new hardware as hobbies.

CONTACT DETAILS

EMAIL:
klerka@rothamsted.ac.uk

    TEL:

    +44 (0) 736 033 1998

      ADDRESS:

      Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ

        SOCIAL MEDIA

        PROFESSIONAL PLATFORMS

        QUALIFICATIONS

        2021 - MSc in Bioinformatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
        2020 - Honours in Bioinformatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
        2019 - BSc. Computer Science with Game Design and Development, Vega College Cape Town, South Africa

        MEASURES OF ESTEEM

        2022 - Published in Oxford Academic's Virus Evolution: Conserved recombination patterns across coronavirus subgenera - doi.org/10.1093/ve/veac054
        2021 - Head-hunted as lecturer for Game Development by former lecturers.