Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Dr. Ounit holds a PhD in computer science from the University of California Riverside, a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” in Computer Science and Management from ENSIIE (France), and a Bachelor in Mathematics & Physics. As an expert in metagenomics, computational biology, artificial intelligence and computer security, his peer-reviewed publications
(1,100+ citations) have appeared in top journals: Nature, Genome Biology, PloS Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Notably, he designed and produced the CLARK tools, an ultra-fast, accurate and scalable system for microorganisms identification from sequencing data, widely adopted by the scientific community (300+ citations). His research work was featured in leading scientific blogs such as Homolog.us., The Molecular Ecologist or Biology News Net, and top news medias tracking innovations in technology and Life sciences such as WIRED, EurekAlert!, Technology.Org, Phys.Org, and GenomeWeb.
