team
People behind STaiMIC.
Biomedical scientists, clinicians and AI practitioners advancing translational AI and multi-omics for underserved communities across Southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond.
01 · core team
Leadership.
Susan Nasif Obeid-Adorisio, PhD
Founder and CEO · Nextflow Ambassador
A PhD biomedical scientist trained at KU Leuven, with more than 20 years across antiviral R&D, vaccinology and applied AI in medicine. She has led programmes commissioned or funded by the European Commission (DG SANTE), the pharmaceutical industry and leading Italian academic medical centres, including Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS. Appointed contributor to the WHO/EU Innovation Platform for Digital and Tech Innovation and the BioExpert Network. Nextflow Ambassador, a community programme run by Seqera.
Dmitry Sergeev, MD, MSc, PhD
Lead, Clinical Data
Leads clinical data for the OncoOmix programme. At the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) he has led several research projects while completing a Heidelberg PhD on colorectal cancer screening. His applied AI sampling design at Radboud UMC cut clinical validation workload by around 90% in breast cancer screening. MD from Sechenov University, MSc in Epidemiology from Charité Berlin, Health Technology Assessment training at UMIT Tirol.
02 · contributors
Specialists across science, design and training.
Reem Alaqi, PharmD
Contributor
A PharmD graduate of Jazan University with honours, supporting site coordination in Saudi Arabia. Laboratory experience in molecular biology, RNA-based workflows and protein analysis; advanced multi-omics training; GCP certified.
Danilo Tetesi, MSc
Contributor
A cognitive neuroscientist trained at Sapienza University of Rome, with thesis work at the National Research Council (CNR) applying AI to brain studies. Founder of NewRYTM, he keeps clinically sound science usable.
Oscar Echeverri-Muñoz
Contributor
A biologist across molecular biology and bioinformatics, completing a Master of Medical Sciences in Systems Biology in Medellín. Author of HealthSeq-NF Foundations and presenter at Nextflow Summit 2026.
03 · alumni
Former instructor.
Nkiruka Cynthia Efenji
Former Instructor, Workflow Training
A microbial bioinformatician and Nextflow Ambassador (a community programme run by Seqera), Seqera certified across four programmes, and Research Scientist at the Peace Lab, Federal University Lokoja. She delivered STaiMIC’s hands-on pipeline series in summer 2026.