Dr. Mads Albertsen is currently a postdoctoral fellow working at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Section of Biotechnology, Aalborg University, Denmark.  He is a bioinformatics and microbiology enthusiast. His research is focused on microbial ecology of complex environmental communities using DNA sequencing methods including metagenomics, meta-transcriptomics and amplicon sequencing. A strong focus on new technologies related to novel applications, method and software development.  Recently, he was one of 16 recipients of a 10 mill. DKK grant (1.3 mill. EUR) from the VILLUM foundation under their Young Investigator Program (YIP). The program is unique in Denmark and offers young scientists an opportunity to build a research group on their own terms.​