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Matthys Potgieter

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Science Lead at EPCON
📍 City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Matthys Potgieter is the Founder, Science Lead, and CTO at EPCON, where he specializes in using AI and biologically inspired computing for real-world health problems. A medical doctor and PhD candidate in computational biology at the University of Cape Town, he focuses on pathogen virulence and disease modeling, particularly for Tuberculosis.

He developed MetaNovo, an open-source pipeline for processing mass-spectrometry-based proteomics data, a key tool in metaproteomic and proteogenomic analysis.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Science Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Tuberculosis Modeling
His company, EPCON, is explicitly focused on using AI and spatial technology to help find, diagnose, and monitor Tuberculosis patients and predict future hotspots.
AI in Public Health
He leads the technical strategy for an AI-based surveillance platform that predicts disease likelihood in different populations to inform public health policy and interventions.
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Career

Work history

7-2018
Science Lead
EPCON
1-2015 - 12-2023
Data Scientist
Cognitive Systems
1-2013 - 12-2014
Medical Intern
Worcester Hospital
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Education
2015 - 3-2024
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate
University of Cape Town
2006 - 12-2012
MBChB
University of Cape Town
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