CV
Work, education and positions of trust
0000-0002-8563-8884Last updated 13 Oct 2026
Work experience
Doctoral Researcher (Data Science) Jan 2023 – present
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Develop open-source R/Bioconductor tools for microbiome data analysis in the Turku Data Science Group.
Entrepreneur, data science consultant Jul 2023 – present
Statlab Oy, Turku, Finland
- Consulting in bioinformatics and business intelligence.
- Bioinformatics workshops for teams and researchers.
Project Worker Apr 2022 – Dec 2022
Handata Oy, Turku, Finland
- Developed business intelligence tools.
Project Researcher (Data Science) Jul 2022 – Dec 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Analysed biomedical data and developed data science tools.
Research Assistant (Data Science) Oct 2020 – Jun 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Analysed biomedical data and developed data science tools.
Teaching Assistant (Biotechnology) Oct 2020 – Feb 2021
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Taught on an MSc laboratory course (Laboratory Exercises in Molecular Biotechnology) and a BSc laboratory course (Biotechnical Systems).
Education
Doctor of Science (Technology), Information and Communication Technology 2023 – present
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Accounting and Finance 2022 – 2023
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Master of Science (Technology), Biotechnology 2020 – 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Bachelor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Accounting and Finance 2020 – 2022
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Bachelor of Science (Technology), Biotechnology 2017 – 2020
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Positions of trust
Chair of the Board May 2026 – present
The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics
Board member Jun 2024 – May 2026
The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics
Member, Community Advisory Board (CAB) Oct 2025 – present
Bioconductor
Coordinator Aug 2022 – present
Computational and Molecular Methodologies for Life Sciences (CompLifeSci), BioCity Turku
Event organisation
Coordinator 2025 – 2026
European Bioconductor Conference 2026, Turku
Organising committee member 2024 – present
European Bioconductor Conference
Local and national events 2022 – present
CompLifeSci and others
- Coordinated several events with 20–200 participants.
Other activities
Member, Training and Microbiome working groups Jun 2026 – present
Bioconductor
Mentoring
Mentor Jan 2023 – Aug 2023
Outreachy
Certificates
Certified Instructor Jun 2025
The Carpentries
PMAF Project Management Foundation Certificate (IPMA D) Apr 2018
Project Professionals Finland
Skills
- Programming and tools: R, Bioconductor, Python, SQL, Git
- Methods: statistical modelling, machine learning, data mining, microbiome and multi-omics data analysis
- Languages: Finnish (native), English (full professional), Swedish (limited working), German (elementary)
Publications and presentations
See publications and presentations.
CV in the Research Council of Finland template.
1. Personal details and date of CV
Name: Borman, Tuomas
ORCID: 0000-0002-8563-8884
Date of CV: 13 Oct 2026
2. Degrees and academic titles
Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Accounting and Finance 2022 – 2023
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Master of Science (Technology), Biotechnology 2020 – 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Bachelor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Accounting and Finance 2020 – 2022
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Bachelor of Science (Technology), Biotechnology 2017 – 2020
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Institution that awarded the highest degree: University of Turku, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland.
3. Current employment
Doctoral Researcher (Data Science) Jan 2023 – present
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Develop open-source R/Bioconductor tools for microbiome data analysis in the Turku Data Science Group.
Entrepreneur, data science consultant Jul 2023 – present
Statlab Oy, Turku, Finland
- Consulting in bioinformatics and business intelligence.
- Bioinformatics workshops for teams and researchers.
- Research career stage: I (doctoral researcher).
- Doctoral studies: Doctor of Science (Technology), Information and Communication Technology, Doctoral Programme in Technology (DPT), University of Turku, 2023–.
- Secondary position: entrepreneur, Statlab Oy (data science and bioinformatics consulting).
4. Previous work experience
Project Worker Apr 2022 – Dec 2022
Handata Oy, Turku, Finland
- Developed business intelligence tools.
Project Researcher (Data Science) Jul 2022 – Dec 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Analysed biomedical data and developed data science tools.
Research Assistant (Data Science) Oct 2020 – Jun 2022
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Analysed biomedical data and developed data science tools.
Teaching Assistant (Biotechnology) Oct 2020 – Feb 2021
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Taught on an MSc laboratory course (Laboratory Exercises in Molecular Biotechnology) and a BSc laboratory course (Biotechnical Systems).
5. Career breaks
None.
6. Research funding and grants
Salaried doctoral researcher position Jan 2025 – Dec 2026
University of Turku Doctoral School
- Personal funding, competitively awarded to the applicant.
7. Research output
- Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor (OMA), 2020–. Open-source R/Bioconductor framework for microbiome data science (https://microbiome.github.io). Core developer. Maintainer of the R/Bioconductor packages mia, miaViz, miaTime, HoloFoodR and MGnifyR, and of the OMA online book.
- Contributor to several other open-source R packages, including anansi, bluster, miaSim, scater, TreeSummarizedExperiment and vegan.
8. Supervision and leadership experience
- Thesis supervisor for 1 Master’s thesis and 1 Bachelor’s thesis.
- Chair of the Board, The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics, 2026–; board member 2024–2026.
- Mentor, Outreachy open-source internship programme, 2023.
- Coordinator of the European Bioconductor Conference 2026 organisation; coordinator of CompLifeSci, BioCity Turku, 2022–.
9. Teaching merits
- 17 workshops, courses and lectures since 2022: lead instructor in 6 and co-instructor in 10. Full list: https://tuomasborman.github.io/presentations.html
- Certified Carpentries Instructor, The Carpentries, 2025.
- Open educational resources: developer of the open-source OMA online book (https://microbiome.github.io/OMA), Carpentries lesson material and other open training material for microbiome data analysis.
10. Awards and honours
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11. Other significant academic merits
- Member of the Community Advisory Board, Bioconductor, 2025–.
- Coordinator, European Bioconductor Conference 2026, Turku.
- Coordinator, Computational and Molecular Methodologies for Life Sciences (CompLifeSci), BioCity Turku, 2022–. Coordinated several local and national events with 20–200 participants.
12. Scientific and societal impact
- Open science: all software and training material are open source and openly available through Bioconductor and GitHub.
13. Other
- Member of the Bioconductor Training and Microbiome working groups, 2026–.
- Organising committee member, European Bioconductor Conference (EuroBioC), 2024–.