About

Hamza Mbareche is a consultant, researcher and trainer who works at the convergence

of microbial occupational exposure, genomics, and public health.

Hamza now ranks in the top 0.25 percent of Air Microbiology experts worldwide, according to Expertscape.

His postdoctoral research consisted of airborne microorganisms, the microbiome, genomics, and bioinformatics. Hamza’s expertise includes:

• The occupational exposure to bioaerosols.

The whole genome sequencing of Influenza A virus in bioaerosols collected from swine barns.

• The whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from patient swabs and environmental samples

• The detection and sequencing of Orthobunyaviruses from mosquitoes in southern Ontario

The foundation for Hamza’s expertise was his graduate research of applying High-Throughput Sequencing technologies to bioaerosol studies. In his research, Hamza sought a way to describe the microbial diversity of fungi and bacteria in the air of different environments in the context of occupational exposure.

He can generate personalized bioinformatics scripts by coding and analyzing data using R and Python. These new tools of bioinformatics allow for more efficient data analyses.

Hamza Mbareche believes in building collective knowledge in the field of science through collaboration. With this in mind, he has designed and delivered training about sequencing to diverse audiences, including undergraduate and graduate students and hospital staff.

He has been the subject matter expert at speaking engagements regarding Next-Generation Sequencing and bioinformatics, and has built a High-Throughput Sequencing and Bioinformatics for Microbial Studies workshop in Professor Caroline Duchaine’s laboratory. Further, Hamza spent three years as a graduate teaching assistant in two microbiology labs at Université Laval: Technique de microbiologie and Isolement et culture des microorganisms.