Luiz Piochi

Luiz Felipe Piochi

PhD Student in Computer Science @ INRIA
Adjunct Professor @ Sciences Po
Based in France

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I am a PhD candidate (expected end in July 2027) at INRIA. I'm mainly interested in deep learning applied to biology, with a focus on protein biology and structure-guided therapeutic design.

I am also an adjunct professor at Sciences Po, teaching a course on AI Fundamentals, Ethics and Governance (since January 2026).

I graduated from the University of Coimbra with a BSc in Biochemistry (2020) and an MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology (2023, grade 19/20). I also hold a technical diploma in Business Administration from ETEC, São Paulo.

Skills

Bioinformatics
Protein Design, scRNA-seq, Metagenomics, Genomics
Programming
Python (Advanced), R (Intermediate), SQL (Intermediate)
ML / DL
PyTorch, Keras, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, Weights & Biases
Soft Skills
Scientific Communication, Critical Thinking, Public Speaking
Languages
Portuguese (Native), English (C2), Spanish (C1), French (A2), German (A1)

Experience

Publications

Portfolio

ppIRIS

LLM-based deep learning model for predicting protein-protein interactions. Revealed 1,000+ novel interactions in bacterial pathogens.

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GORGON

Scalable Snakemake pipeline for comprehensive microbial analysis, integrating Kraken2 and Phyloseq for efficient processing and reporting.

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DELFOS

Multi-omics predictive algorithm for cancer drug response prediction, validated against unseen cell lines. Published in OUP Bioinformatics.

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Awards