Luis Pedro Coelho leads the Big Data Biology Lab. He has a background in both computer science and computational biology.

Anna is currently focused on large-scale metagenomics analysis, especially regarding host-associated microbiomes. During her Ph.D. and afterwards she explored dog skin microbiome and long-read sequencing approaches applied to the microbiome field.

Juan joined the lab in November 2024. During his Ph.D., he developed AI-based methods for the surveillance and diagnostics of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Yiqian is a phd student in BDB-Lab,Fudan University.She obtained her Bachelor's degree on bioinformatics in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Anil is graduate student at the Big Data Biology Lab, QUT.

Alexandre Areias Castro is a PhD student at BDB-Lab, QUT. He has a background in both wet lab biology and bioinformatics.

Kruthi is a passionate bioinformatics postgraduate with a strong background in research. Skilled in bioinformatics tools, biotechnology techniques, and committed to advancing genomic studies for the betterment of humanity.

Vedanth Ramji is a student researcher at the Big Data Biology Lab. He has a background in bioinformatics and is interested in antimicrobial resistance research.

JP is a PhD student at the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. JP is collaborating with Prof Coelho on a project characterising AMR in African wastewater and freshwater systems.

Chengkai Zhu graduated from the Genetics of the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University. he researched the relationshop between intestinal flora and ankylosing spondylitis during his Ph.D.

Shaojun was a phd student in BDB-Lab, Fudan University, and he graduated in 2024. He obtained his Bachelor's degree on computer science in Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic was a postdoctoral researcher in the Big Data Biology Lab. Her main research focus was global microbiome and antimicrobial resistome within the EMBARK project. She is a strong supporter of the open science initiatives, such as the Microbiome Digest, Microbiome Virtual International Forum, National Summer Undergraduate Research Project etc.

Marija was a PhD student at the Christian von Mering lab at the University of Zurich. She was a long-term visitor at the Big Data Biology Lab.

Célio obtained his PhD degree on the use of bioinformatics to analyze Amazon river microbes through metagenomics and population genomes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) - Brazil, and Institut del Ciencies del Mar - Barcelona, Spain (ICM).

Hui Chong works on Global Synteny. He has a background in Bioinformatics.

Huayu holds his PhD degree from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amy Houseman was at BDB-Lab during the academic year 2019/20 and is now a PhD student at Cardiff University.