Jens Allmer is a Full Professor of Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics at the University of Applied Sciences, HRW, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He previously held the position of Cluster Leader
Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands, 2017–2018), Assistant and Associate
Professor (Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, 2008–2016). He received his Ph.D. (2006) in Biology with great honor from the University of Münster where he also obtained his MSc. In 2010 he was selected as the outstanding young scientist for bioinformatics by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). His research interests have covered most OMICS areas. Currently, his main focus is on microRNA regulation and the use of microRNAs in pathogen-host communication. For this, he applies and extends machine learning paradigms to make them more applicable to problems in bioinformatics.
