About Me

Max is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. His research interests lie at the intersection of bioinformatics, biostatistics, and deep learning. He brings over two years of experience in bioinformatics and software development.

Education

Master of Mathematics, Computer Science

University of Waterloo 2025–2027

Bachelor of Science, Honours Biology, Co-op

University of Waterloo 2020–2025
  • Minor in Computing, Focus in Molecular Genetics
  • Dean's Honours

Experience

Bioinformatics Researcher - Doxey Lab

University of Waterloo Spring 2025
  • Used bioinformatic approaches to distinguish pediatric cystitis and pyelonephritis based on host–pathogen signatures.

Bioinformatics Researcher - Doxey Lab

University of Waterloo Spring 2024
  • Applied metatranscriptomic approaches to diagnose urinary tract infections in pediatric patients.

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Winter 2024
  • Developed software for cancer biomarker discovery and validation.

Bioinformatics Assistant

Ceragen Spring 2023
  • Assisted in plant-growth-promoting genome analysis and generated data processing pipelines.

Publications

  1. Doxey, A.C., Abu Mazen, N., Homm, M. et al.
    Metatranscriptomic profiling reveals pathogen and host response signatures of pediatric acute sinusitis and upper respiratory infection.
    Genome Med 17, 22 (2025).
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Poster Presentations

CSM Logo

2025 Canadian Society of Microbiologists

University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec · June 2025

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DNA Research

Undergraduate Thesis Poster Presentation

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario · April 2025

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Contact

Feel free to reach out via email:

mchomm@uwaterloo.ca