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Prof Denis C. Bauer, GAICD

Critic · DISC type C
Honorary Professor at University of Sydney
📍 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Dr. Denis Bauer is a leading CSIRO scientist and adjunct professor specializing in AI and bioinformatics to tackle major challenges in MedTech. An AWS Data Hero with a PhD from The University of Queensland, she develops open-source, cloud-based software to analyze genomic data, accelerating the discovery of genes linked to diseases like COVID-19.

She is passionate about improving health outcomes, particularly developing solutions for "genetic surgery" using technologies like CRISPR. In an interview, she mentioned that computers and programming were a childhood hobby, and she finds it rewarding to turn that passion into a profession that helps people in the medical field.

Her work developing VariantSpark resulted in the first AWS Marketplace health product from a public sector organization.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Honorary Professor
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Personality Overview

How Prof shows up

Objective Thinker
Critic
Precise

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Prof cares about

AI in Genomics
Her core focus is using AI and machine learning on massive genomic datasets to identify disease-causing genes and inform treatments, including for COVID-19.
Cloud-Native Research
As an AWS Data Hero, she champions using serverless cloud technology to solve large-scale research problems that were previously computationally impossible.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Honorary Professor
University of Sydney
8-2024
Chair Bioinformatics Advisory Committee
Westmead Research Hub
6-2023
Senior Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO
3-2019
Honorary Associate Professor
Macquarie University
2-2019
Group Lead
CSIRO
In the press

Media appearances

#43 – Dr. Denis Bauer Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO. Featured in SLS Guru Podcast
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Meet our COVID‑19 researcher: Dr Denis Bauer. Featured in CSIRO
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Education
Company Directors Course
Australian Institute of Company Directors
2006 - 2010
PhD
The University of Queensland
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

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