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Biomax founder Dr. K. Heumann
Dr. rer. nat. K. Heumann is one of the first individuals who has committed his career to
bioinformatics from the beginning of his university studies. Dr. Heumann studied computer
science with a minor in microbiology and genetics at the Technical University of Munich. In
1993 he completed his diploma thesis in computer science on "Specification and implementation of a
data distribution system for protein sequence databases," which was supervised by Prof. Bayer and
Dr. Mewes. His PhD thesis "Biological sequence data analysis of large data sets based on position
trees" was completed in 1997.
In 1996, at the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS), Dr. Heumann participated in publishing the first sequenced eukaryotic genome Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Dr. Heumann led the project to compile the results on the yeast genome CD-ROM published by Science and Nature magazines.
In 1996, Dr. Heumann received the Heinz Billing Prize of the Max Planck Society for his work on "Identification and visualization of duplications in the yeast genome." His work is dedicated to high-throughput technologies requiring novel computational approaches.
Since 1998, Dr. Heumann has served as Chief Executive Officer of Biomax Informatics.