About

Hi, I’m Guilherme Fahur Bottino, a computational biologist, data scientist, and educator interested in how the human microbiome develops and interacts with the brain during early life. My research combines metagenomics, quantitative modeling, and developmental neuroscience to understand how microbial communities assemble, diversify, and synchronize with infant neurodevelopmental milestones.

I’ve had a deliberately nonlinear career, moving fluidly between science, education, and technology. I began as a chemistry teacher in Brazil, where I trained students for Olympiads and university entrance exams, then expanded into educational publishing and psychometrics, developing large-scale assessments and reporting systems. Later, I founded my own startup company, providing consultation in data science and visualization for platforms that joined digital publishing, analytics, and learning science. I then returned to academia, initially as a computational chemist for my Masters and Ph.D., which revolved around biomolecular structural modeling. Later, I transitioned to computational biology, studying early-life microbiome and neurodevelopment. Across these roles, my focus has stayed the same: using data, design, and clear reasoning to make complex systems - whether human or microbial - interpretable, reproducible, and accessible.

Outside of the dry lab, I am an avid PC gamer and like to express myself through cooking, baking and above all, bartending.