Prof. Dr. Jens Allmer
Institut Mess- und Sensortechnik
Email:
jens.allmer@hs-ruhrwest.de
Telephone:
+49 208 88254- 452
Field of expertise: Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics
Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics
Jens Allmer is Professor of Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics at Hochschule Ruhr West (HRW), Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Previously, he held positions as Cluster Leader at Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands (2017–2018), and as Assistant and Associate Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey (2008–2016). Prof. Allmer earned his doctorate (2006) in Biology with distinction from the University of Münster, where he also obtained his diploma. In 2010, he was recognised as an outstanding young scientist in the field of Bioinformatics by the Turkish Academy of Sciences. Prof. Allmer has published more than 80 manuscripts in relevant peer-reviewed journals with a cumulative impact factor exceeding 130. He has also secured over €650,000 in research funding.
Prof. Allmer’s research interests encompass most areas of omics. Currently, his primary focus is on microRNA regulation and pathogen-host interaction. He employs machine learning to investigate these topics.