Academic Curriculum Vitae
Academic Curriculum Vitae
Dr. André Soares
last updated: January 2026
Key Data
Current position: Staff Scientist - Head of Data Visualization and Statistics
Date of birth: 12/05/1991
Publications: 47
Citations: 350+ | Hirsch-index: 10 | i10-index: 11
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Academic age: (since graduation)
ORCID | Google Scholar
Current research (key words)
Microbial ecology, bioinformatics, metagenomics, long- and short-read sequencing, algae-host interactions, marine sediment microbiomes, cave microbiomes, high-CO2 environment microbiomes, archaea
Education
| 2015-2019 | PhD (Aberystwyth University, UK) |
| 2013-2015 | MSc (University of Algarve, Portugal) |
| 2009-2013 | BSc (University of Algarve, Portugal) |
Work experience
| since 2022 | Staff Scientist (Environmental Metagenomics, Research Center One Health at University Alliance Ruhr and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) |
| 2021-2022 | Postdoctoral researcher (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) |
| 2020 | Postdoctoral researcher (University of Gothenburg, Germany) |
Current positions and activities in academia
| 2025-2026 | Guest Editor for Scientific Reports |
| since 2025 | Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports |
Reviewer
| Journals | Nature Methods, Nature Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Journal, Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Genomics and Bioinformatics, Federation of European Microbiology Societies (FEMS) Journal, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Communications, Environmental Microbiome, BMC Genomics, Journal of Glaciology, GigaScience, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), Environmental Microbiology Reports |
Memberships of scientific societies
| ISME (International Society of Microbial Ecology) | |
| VAAM (German Society for Microbiology) | |
| SPM (Portuguese Society for Microbiology) |