# robs.eurosky.social (@robs.eurosky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/robs.eurosky.social
Headline: Bioinformatics (NGS) | Computational & Microbial Genomics | Fungal biotech
Location: Germany

## About

Bioinformatics researcher with 7+ years of experience and dozens of studies in Next-Generation Sequencing data analysis, computational and microbial genomics. My professional interest lies in translating biological insights into applications relevant to environmental sustainability, biotechnology, and public well-being.

## Experience

- **Doctoral Researcher at Helmholtz Munich** (2018 – 2025)
  Achievements:
  \- Transcriptomic of plant-associated bacteria (Lead)  https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf235
  \- Phylogenomics of flagellar genes in host-associated Pseudomonadota (Lead) https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.22.689265
  \- Pangenomic and metagenomic of C/S cycles in marine sediments w/ L Wöhlbrand https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads5631
  \- In situ transcriptomic  of P-cycling bacteria w/ SK Thaqi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109565
  \- In vitro transcriptomic of novel P-cycling strain w/ SK Thaqi https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf208
  \- Pangenomic and phylogenomics of PGP strain w/ FM Mahmoud https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00422-24
  \- Environmental metagenomic of drought stress tolerance w/ YPA de Souza https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae096
  \- Comparative genomics of phenolic degraders w/ S Benning https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03783-23
  \- Environmental metagenomic of biocrust w/ JA Ohan https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad081
  \- Plant metagenomics of drought stress tolerance w/ BR Martins https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-03120-4
  \- Whole-genome sequencing of PGP strain w/ FM Mahmoud https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01172-22
  \- Plant metagenomics of xenobiotics resistance Khalaf, D. M., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164260
  \- Pangenomics of plant associated and/or pathogenic Acidovorax https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000666
  \- Whole-genome sequencing of plant-associated strains w/ S Benning https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00159-21
- **Student Intern at Aalborg University** (2018 – 2018)
  Erasmus Traineeship in Sustainable Biotechnology
- **Trainee at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche** (2016 – 2016)
  Student Internship
  \- International Center of Biosciences and Bioresources

## Education

- **Università di Pisa** — Master's Degree (2016 – 2018)
- **Università degli Studi di Salerno** — Bachelor's Degree (2013 – 2016)
- **Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich)** — Doctor's Degree (2022 – 2026)
- **Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health** — Doctor of Science (2018 – 2026)

## Skills

- Biology
- Optimization
- Bash
- Computational Biology
- Industrial Microbiology
- Sustainable Biotechnology
- Fermentation Technology
- DNA Extraction
- Life Sciences
- Molecular Biology
- Biostatistics
- Genomics
- Environmental Science
- Machine Learning
- R (Programming Language)
- Research Skills
- Python (Programming Language)
- Computational Genomics
- Bioscience
- Food Microbiology
- Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)
- Pipelines
- Molecular Microbiology
- Microbial Ecology
- Plant Physiology
- Statistics
- Microbiology
- Bioinformatics
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Statistical Data Analysis

## Certifications

- Python — freeCodeCamp (https://freecodecamp.org/certification/robsia/python-v9)

## Publications

- Complete genome sequences of two Rhodococcus sp. strains with large and linear chromosomes, isolated from apple rhizosphere. — Microbiology resource announcements
- Effects of novel P fertilizers on microbial abundance related to N and P cycling in two on-farm systems. — Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
- Key role of Desulfobacteraceae in C/S cycles of marine sediments is based on congeneric catabolic-regulatory networks. — Science advances
- Comparative genomic analysis of strain Priestia megaterium B1 reveals conserved potential for adaptation to endophytism and plant growth promotion. — Microbiology Spectrum
- Microbiome convergence and deterministic community assembly along successional biocrust gradients on potash salt heaps. — FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Cultivar-specific dynamics: unravelling rhizosphere microbiome responses to water deficit stress in potato cultivars. — BMC Microbiology
- Resilience of barley (Hordeum vulgare) plants upon exposure to tramadol: Implication for the root-associated bacterial community and the antioxidative plant defence system. — Science of the total environment
- The effect of successive summer drought periods on bacterial diversity along a plant species richness gradient. — FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Strain-specific strategies underlie convergent phosphate solubilization in Bacillus — ISME Communications
- Acidovorax pan-genome reveals specific functional traits for plant beneficial and pathogenic plant-associations — Microbial Genomics
- Draft Genome Sequence of the Bacterial Endophyte Priestia megaterium B1, Isolated from Roots of Apple — Microbiology Resource Announcements
- (Pan) genomic analysis of two Rhodococcus isolates and their role in phenolic compound degradation — Microbiology Spectrum
- Deciphering the influence of arbuscular mycorrhiza on the root exudate and microbiome of Lotus japonicus — IS-MPMI
- FlhC loss alters Acidovorax delafieldii transcription in response to metabolites from Rhizophagus irregularis-colonized Lotus japonicus roots — Isme Communications

## Volunteering

- Volontario at Legambiente Campania
- Volunteer at Abbaye de Maredret
- Volunteer at Raufarhöfn

## Honors and awards

- Short Talk Award