Profiles in "Bioinformatics" Expertise Area
- Phil Hedrick is a population geneticist and conservation biologist who studies genetic variation in populations, including how genetics can impact the survival of rare and endangered species.
- Gerkin investigates how smell perception, learning and behavior are represented in the brain. He also pursues neuroinformatics, development of tools and standards to facilitate analysis of neuroscience models and data.
- Ruben Acuña is a software engineering Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence. His background is primarily in algorithm design, compilers (static and dynamic analysis), and bioinformatics.
- Dr. Bussey is a cancer cytogeneticist and applied bioinformatician developing tools to help oncologists fully integrate genomics into their current medical data streams to realize the promise of precision medicine.
- Dr. Liu investigates clinical and molecular signatures of human diseases, and develops novel computational methods to discover biomarkers for early diagnosis and accurate prediction of therapeutic responses for individuals.
- PhD student in evolutionary biology in the Center for Evolution and Medicine. Designing algorithms that produce biologically meaningful results is critical to ensuring the success of in silico approaches.
- Sterner uses methods from philosophy and social science to investigate how knowledge systems can better address wicked problems. His current projects focus on biodiversity data, modeling, governance, and philosophy.
- Buetow is a human genetics and genomics researcher who leverages computational tools to understand complex traits such as cancer, liver disease, and obesity.