Vijini G. Mallawaarachchi
Research Fellow in Bioinformatics
Hi, I am Vijini Mallawaarachchi. I am a researcher, a hodophile, and a blogger working at the intersection of algorithms, metagenomics, scientific software, and visual analytics.
My Erdös Number is 4.
Who I Am
I am a bioinformatics researcher currently based in Adelaide, Australia. This site collects my research, software, publications, achievements, and writing.
I completed my PhD at the ANU Computational Genomics Group at the Australian National University, and my bachelor degree at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Interests
I enjoy developing algorithms, writing code, reading, blogging, photography, music, art, nature, and travel. I started writing online to share technical ideas and connect with people interested in science and computing.
Check out my other blogs as well: Viji's Notes and Medium.
Current Work
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration. My work focuses on algorithms and computational models related to the recovery of genomes from metagenomes.
Metagenomics studies genetic material obtained from microbial communities. My research develops methods and tools to investigate taxonomic structure, reconstruct microbial genomes, and make complex biological data easier to explore.
Beyond Research
I love computer science and technology, and I am fond of music, arts, nature, photography, travelling, reading, and writing.
I share research, findings, and interests through my blog and on Medium, with more technical work collected in the research, software, and publications sections.
In loving memory of our dear PhD supervisor Dr. Yu Lin
