With the integration of BIOS with Arizona State University, Blanco-Bercial became an assistant professor in the School of Ocean Futures and the School of Life Sciences.

Much of the research in Dr. Garcia-Pichel’s lab involves microbial communities or key interactions between microbes, and Soumyadev will augment the lab’s capabilities in this area.

Kelsi Watkins is a Ph.D. student investigating single-cell transcriptomic and gene regulatory changes in the macaque brain across age and social status.

Dr. Phan uses next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics tools to focus on viral metagenomics, virus discovery and viral genomics for transmission and evolution.

Chen is a professor of biostatistics. His research focuses on statistical method development and application.