Leonardo Henrique Ferreira Gomes, PhD, is a biologist and public health researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (IFF/Fiocruz-RJ). he has experience in the fields of molecular biology and genetics, with an emphasis on human genetics and synthetic biology. He has interests in the following areas: application of NGS technology and bioinformatics in the study of rare diseases, metagenomics, and diagnosis of infectious diseases.